Thursday, March 12, 2026

Suit Challenges Library's Policy on Use of Meeting Room

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Suit was filed this week in an Alabama federal district court by Eagle Forum, a Christian community educational organization, challenging th...

Wyoming Governor Signs Heartbeat Abortion Law While Expressing Concern Over Its Constitutionality

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On March 9, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed Enrolled Act No. 29 / House Bill 126, the Human Heartbeat Act ( full text ), into law ( pres...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

County Employee Sues Over Denial of Religious Accommodation So He Could Avoid Celebrating Pride Month

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Suit was filed yesterday in a California federal district court by an employee of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works alleging...

Federal Jury Awards Muslim Inmates $667,000 After Guards Violently Disrupted Their Prayers

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In a press release , CAIR Legal Defense Fund announced that on Monday a jury in federal district court in the Eastern District of Missouri h...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

USCIRF Releases 2026 Annual Report

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Last week, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 2026 Annual Report ( full text ) containing its recommendati...

Former Charismatic Religious Leader Sued for Sexual Exploitation

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At the end of last month, three women filed suit in a Tennessee federal district court against the former religious leader of Global Outreac...

Certiorari Denied in Unification Church Dispute

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Family Federation for World Peace and Unification International v. Moon, (Docket No. 25-6...
Monday, March 09, 2026

Alabama Supreme Court Orders Trial Courts to Hear Claims of United Methodist Conference In Deciding Church Property Ownership

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In Ex parte Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. , (AL Sup. Ct., March 6, 2026), the Alabama Supreme Court b...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Jeremy Kessler, Selective Service and the Separation of Powers ,  (106 Boston University Law Review __ (2026)). Harold Anthony Ll...
Sunday, March 08, 2026

Father's Rights Not Violated by School's Refusal to Dismiss Son Early on Fridays for Religious Services

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In Sapp v. Trenton Board of Education ,  (D NJ, March 6, 2026), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed a suit brought pro se  against...
Friday, March 06, 2026

Indiana Trial Court Permanently Enjoins Enforcement of Abortion Ban Against Women with Conflicting Religious Beliefs

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In Anonymous Plaintiff 1 v. Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana , (Super. Ct., March 5, 2026), an Indiana state tri...

Florida Governor's Order Declaring CAIR a Foreign Terrorist Organization Is Held Unconstitutional

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As  previously reported , last December Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an Executive Order declaring CAIR to be a foreign terrorist org...

Muslim Woman Forced to Remove Hijab During Booking Can Proceed on Some of Her Claims

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In Khan v. City of Richardson ,  (ND TX, March 4, 2026), a Muslim woman sued after she was required to remove her hijab during the intake, p...
Thursday, March 05, 2026

7th Circuit: Prison's Refusal to Provide Muslim Prayer Schedules at State Expense Is Permissible

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In Childs v. Webster ,  (7th Cir., March 4, 2026), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that there was not a violation of a Muslim inm...

State Attorney General May Enforce Subpoena Seeking from Archdiocese Evidence of Clergy Sexual Abuse

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In State of Washington v. Corporation of the Catholic Archbishop of Seattle ,  (WA App, March 2, 2026), a Washington state appellate court a...