Monday, November 02, 2026

President Issues Messages on Reformation Day and All Saints' Day

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Last week, President Trump issued Presidential Messages focusing on two Christian holidays. On October 31, he issued a Presidential Message ...

9th Circuit Allows Enforcement of Idaho's Near-Total Abortion Ban While Apppeal On Health-Threating Abortions Moves Forward

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As previously reported , in August an Idaho federal district court held that the right to a health-preserving abortion is protected by the D...
Sunday, November 01, 2026

Statewide Ballot Measures of Interest in Tuesday's Election

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A number of statewide ballot measures will face voters on Tuesday, November 3. The following may be of particular interest to Religion Claus...
Saturday, October 31, 2026

12 Indicted for Threats Aimed at Forcing University of Michigan to Sever Ties with Israel

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced yesterday that a 64-page superseding indictment ( full text )...
Friday, October 30, 2026

Suit Contends That Vermont's Limits on Tuition Reimbursement Violate 1st and 14th Amendments

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Suit was filed this week in a Vermont federal district court alleging that Vermont's Act 73 , enacted last year, while apparently neutra...

9th Circuit: Business' Free-Speech Rights Are Infringed by Ban on Mandatory Employee Meetings Promoting Religion

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In California Chamber of Commerce v. Bonta ,  (9th Cir., Oct. 29, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a California federal d...

Humanist Teacher Sues Over Prayer at School Staff Meetings

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Suit was filed this week in a Texas federal district court by a former middle school teacher who is a Humanist contending that the Texas sch...
Thursday, October 29, 2026

School Bus Driver Distributing Religious Candy Was Not Engaged In Private Speech

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In Robinson v. Mattawan Consolidated School District , (WD MI, Oct. 22, 2026), a Michigan federal district court dismissed a suit brought by...

Court Again Refuses to Enjoin Ban That Prevents Rabbi from Carrying Firearm to His Synagogue

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In Silver Spring Jewish Community Center v. Montgomery County, Maryland ,  (D MD, Oct. 27, 2026), a Maryland federal district court denied a...
Wednesday, October 28, 2026

1st Amendment Challenges to Actor's Rape Convictions Are Rejected

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In The People v. Masterson ,  (CA App., Oct. 27, 2026), a California state appellate court, in an 89-page opinion, affirmed the forcible rap...

Tax Injunction Act Bars Federal Court Relief for Denial of Property Tax Exemption for Church Property

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In Jordan v. Henriquez ,  (MD FL, Oct. 26, 2026), a Florida federal district court held that the Tax Injunction Act requires it to dismiss a...
Tuesday, October 27, 2026

New York Catholic Archdiocese Reaches $800 Million Settlement with Sex Abuse Survivors

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In an October 24 press release , attorneys for claimants who had filed sex abuse claims against the Catholic Archdiocese of New York announc...

Iowa Supreme Court: Nursing Student Did Not Have Sincerely Held Religious Objection to Covid Vaccine

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 In Perry v. Dordt University , (IA Sup. Ct., Oct. 23, 2026), the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a trial court's holding that plaintiff, a ...