Friday, September 12, 2025

9th Circuit Upholds Requirement to Use Only Secular Curricular Materials in Charter School Home Instruction Programs

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In Woodlard v. Thurmond ,  (9th Cir., Sept. 11, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected First Amendment challenges to Californ...

11th Circuit En Banc: Exclusion of Sex-Change Surgeries from Health Care Coverage Is Not Facially Discriminatory Under Title VII

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In Lange v. Houston County, Georgia ,  (11 Cir., Sept. 9, 2025), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc , in an 8-5 decisio...
Thursday, September 11, 2025

5th Circuit: Baptist Mission Board Can Claim Church Autonomy Defense

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In McRaney v. North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Inc. ,  (5th Cir., Sept. 9, 2025), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

2nd Circuit: Christian School Wrongly Disqualified for Refusing to Play Against Team That Had Trans Athlete

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In Mid Vermont Christian School v. Saunders , (2d Cir., Sept. 9, 2025), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Christian school w...

School Rules on Non-gendered Pronouns Do Not Violate Free Exercise or Free Speech Rights

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In Hyland v. State Board of Education , (NJ App., Sept. 9, 2025), a New Jersey state appellate court rejected a 1st and 14th Amendment chall...
Tuesday, September 09, 2025

Religious Liberty Commission Hearing Features Remarks by President Trump

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Yesterday, the Religious Liberty Commission that was created in May by an Executive Order of Donald Trump held its second hearing ( Video o...
Monday, September 08, 2025

11th Circuit: Government Can Insist on Secular Presenters in Intervention Program for Domestic Abusers

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In Nussbaumer v. Secretary, Florida Department of Children and Families ,  (11th Cir., Sept. 4, 2025), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeal...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Muhammad Hasan Naqvi, Contemplating the Jirga System: Between Tradition and Justice , (August 04, 2025). Jorge Barrera-Rojas, Fr...
Friday, September 05, 2025

6th Circuit: Transgender Bathroom Rule Did Not Violate Objecting Parents' or Students' Free Exercise Rights

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In Jane and John Doe No. 1 v. Bethel Local School District Board of Education ,  (6th Cir., Aug. 26, 2025), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Ap...
Thursday, September 04, 2025

Texas AG Urges Introducing the Lord's Prayer in Classrooms

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As previously reported , in May 2025 the Texas legislature passed Senate Bill 11 . The bill took effect on September 1. The new law creates ...

Christian Families Challenge Foster Care Rules on Support of Transgender Children

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Two families, asserting Christian religious beliefs, filed suit yesterday in a Massachusetts federal district court challenging on 1st and 1...