Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today in Appeal from Faith-Based Pregnancy Center Over Subpoena for Identity of Donors

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The Supreme Court today hears oral arguments in  First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin. At issue in the case is an investigat...

2nd Circuit: Information About Abortion Pill Reversal Is Protected Speech

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In National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. James ,  (2d Cir., Dec. 1, 2025), the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a di...

Prison Chaplain Sues for Wrongful Termination

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Suit was filed last week in a Florida federal district court by a Christian pastor who was terminated from his position as Senior Pastor at ...
Monday, December 01, 2025

1st Amendment Protects Law Student's Antisemitic Posts

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In Damsky v. Summerlin , (ND FL, Nov. 24, 2025), a Florida federal district court issued a preliminary injunction requiring the University o...

Recent Articles of Inteterest

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From SSRN: Anna Lukina, Evil Law in St. Thomas Aquinas's Philosophy (November 20, 2025). Rahmatulloh Ismoilov, Regulation of Islamic Kn...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

"In God We Trust" On Currency Does Not Burden Jewish Plaintiff's Religious Exercise

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 In Clayman v. Bessant ,  (SD FL, Nov. 24, 2025), a Florida federal district court rejected plaintiff's RFRA, Free Exercise, Establishme...
Friday, November 28, 2025

West Virginia Court Says Schools Must Allow Religious Exemptions From Vaccination Requirements

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In Guzman v. West Virginia Board of Education , (WV Cir. Ct., Nov. 26, 2025), a West Virginia state trial court, in a 75-page opinion, held ...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

President Issues Thanksgiving Proclamation

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President Trump this week issued a Proclamation ( full text ) declaring today a National Day of Thanksgiving. The Proclamation reads in part...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

10th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on Colorado's Regulation of Health Care Sharing Ministries

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On Nov. 20, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries v. Conway,  ( Audio of...

Texas AG Sues State Agency for Excluding Sectarian Use of Homelessness Funds

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced  on Monday he has filed suit against the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs chall...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

State Department Human Rights Reports Will Have Changed Focus

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Yesterday the State Department announced  a change in focus for future Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The Daily Signal  and the ...

New Test Case on State-Funded Religious Charter Schools Is Being Assembled

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 As previously reported , earlier this year the U.S. Supreme Court split 4-4 on the question of whether the 1st Amendment allows Oklahoma to...

Ministerial Exception Doctrine Does Not Bar Wage-and-Hour Claim

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In Lorenzo v. San Francisco Zen Center , (CA App., Nov. 21, 2025), a California state appellate court held that neither the ministerial exce...