Tuesday, August 09, 2022

Anti-Muslim Facebook Postings Are Subject To Pickering Balancing Test

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In Hernandez v. City of Phoenix , (9th Cir., Aug. 5, 2022), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded to the district court a case in w...

Preliminary Injunction Bars Indiana Enforcement Of Ban On Transgender Girl Playing On Girls' Baseball Team

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A recently enacted Indiana statute prohibits transgender girls from playing on girls' athletic teams sponsored by public schools or cert...
Monday, August 08, 2022

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Richard H. Weisberg, Robert Cover's Love of Stories: Ruminations on his Wanting to Discuss The Brothers Karamazov with Me Acr...
Sunday, August 07, 2022

No Church Autonomy Defense To Catholic Organization's Sexual Orientation Discrimination

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In Doe v. Catholic Relief Services ,  (D MD, Aug. 3, 2022), a Maryland federal district court granted summary judgment in favor of plaintiff...

Indiana Governor Signs New Law Restricting Abortions

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On Friday, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed Senate Enrolled Act 1 ( full text ). Under the new law, Indiana's former limit on abort...
Friday, August 05, 2022

5th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments In Challenge To Former Health Care Non-Discrimination Rule

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Yesterday, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments ( audio of full arguments ) in  Franciscan Alliance v. Becerra. In the...
Thursday, August 04, 2022

Biden Issues Executive Order On Access To Reproductive Health Care Services

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Yesterday, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Securing Access to Reproductive and Other Healthcare Services ( full text ). The Whi...

5th Circuit Upholds Qualified Immunity Defense Of Prison Officials Who Confiscated Hijab

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In Taylor v. Nelson ,  (5th Cir., Aug. 2, 2022), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Texas prison authorities who confiscated a ...

Street Preacher Gets Injunction Against Ordinance Limiting Microphones

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In Miller v. City of Excelsior, Minnesota , (D MN, Aug. 2, 2022), a Minnesota federal district court granted a preliminary injunction agains...

Fetus Now A Deductible Dependent On Georgia Income Tax Return

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Georgia's Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act amends the definition of "natural person" in Georgia's statutes...
Wednesday, August 03, 2022

French Constitutional Tribunal Upholds Regulation Of Religious Associations

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France's Constitutional Council last month in  Union of Diocesan Associations of France and others   (Conseil constitutionnel, July 22, ...

Massachusetts Law Exonerates Last Convicted Witch

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  Section 105  of the Massachusetts FY23 Budget Bill signed by Governor Charlie Baker on July 28 exonerates Elizabeth Johnson, Jr., the last...

Clergy Sue Challenging Florida's Abortion Restrictions

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The Washington Post reports that in Florida, seven members of the clergy-- Christian, Jewish, Unitarian-Universalist and Buddhist-- have fi...
Tuesday, August 02, 2022

Wisconsin Violated Archdiocese Rights In Excluding Clergy As COVID Precaution After Other Outsiders Were Allowed In

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 As previously reported , last June a Wisconsin trial court issued a Provisional Writ of Mandamus ordering the Wisconsin prison system to al...