Monday, June 29, 2026

Michigan AG Releases Report on Sexual Abuse in Saginaw Catholic Diocese

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On June 25, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel released a 258-page report titled Diocese of Saginaw: A Complete Accounting  ( full text )...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Ayaga Max Liambilah & Miracle Mudeyi, Thou Shalt Not Replace Humanity: A Commentary on Pope Leo XIV's Encyclical on AI an...

Supreme Court Review Sought by Teacher Who Objects to School's Gender identity Policy

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 A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court last week in Polk v. Montgomery County Public Schools , (Sup...
Sunday, June 28, 2026

President's Religious Liberty Commission Delivers Draft Report

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On June 26, the President's Religious Liberty Commission delivered its draft report to the President. ( Press Release ).  The 224-page R...
Saturday, June 27, 2026

Texas Adopts Required Reading List for Schools, Including Biblical Stories and Verses for Gades 1-12

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Yesterday, the Texas State Board of Education approved a required reading list for each grade from kindergarten through high school. The lis...
Friday, June 26, 2026

Suit Charging Misrepresentation of Use of Tithed Funds Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Leach v. Gateway Church , (ED TX, June 23, 2026), a Texas federal district court dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention grounds a class a...
Thursday, June 25, 2026

9th Circuit: Question of Fact Remains on Whether Airline Flight Attendants Were Fired Because of Their Religious Beliefs

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In Brown v. Alaska Airlines, Inc. ,  (9th Cir., June 24, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that there is a genuine dispute o...

Parents Sue California School District Over Opt-Out Rights

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Suit was filed this week in a California federal district court challenging a California school district's refusal to allow parents to o...
Wednesday, June 24, 2026

Supreme Court Rejects Suit Against Cisco for Aiding Persecution of Falun Gong

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Yesterday, in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe , (Sup. Ct., June 23, 2026), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected claims by practitioners of Falun Gong,...

Massachusetts Supreme Court Invalidates Initiative Petition That Excludes Religious Housing from Rent Controls

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The Massachusetts Constitution  Art. 48  which sets out the procedures for initiative petitions provides in part that no measure relating to...

Some Claims for Football Injuries at Catholic School Are Barred by Ecclesiastical Abstenition Doctrine

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In In re Fort Bend Christian Academy , (TX App., June 23, 2026), a Texas state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctr...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Supreme Court: Damages Under RLUIPA Not Available Against Prison Guards

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In Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety ,  (Sup. Ct., June 23, 2026), the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision he...

7th Circuit Upholds Alcohol Ban as Condition of Supervised Release for Messianic Jew

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 In United States v. Broadfield ,  (7th Cir., June 22, 2026), Brian Broadfield, who had served a prison term on drug charges, sought to have...

U.S. and Florida Launch Investigations of Religious Discrimination by Major League Baseball

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Major League Baseball's apparent selective enforcement of its rules regarding players' uniforms has led to religious discrimination ...

Nassau County Buffer and Bubble Zones Around Houses of Worship Violate Free-Speech Rights

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In Borecky v. County of Nassau ,  (ED NY, June 18, 2026), a New York federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring enforcem...