Friday, September 25, 2026

Justice Department Brief Says Johnson Amendment Violates Church Autonomy Doctrine When Applied to Sermons

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As previously reported , a Texas federal district, citing the Tax Anti-Injunction Act, refused to enter a consent judgment in a suit by reli...

Oklahoma Cannot Require State-Funded Charter Schools to Be Secular

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In National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation v. Shellem , (WD OK, Sept. 24, 2026) , an Oklahoma federal district court issued a pr...
Thursday, September 24, 2026

Dispute Over Access to A Rabbinical Court Lands on Supreme Court's Shadow Docket

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Last week, an Emergency Application ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a stay pending appellate review in Strulovic...

Homeschooling Parent Sues Over Discrimination Against Religious Homeschooling Materials

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Oregon's Hillsboro School District has a Homeschooling Partnership program that, among other things, reimburses homeschooling parents fo...

Injunction Pending Appeal Denied in Challenge to Maine's Vaccination Requirement for School Children

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As previously reported , earlier this month a Maine federal district court rejected free exercise and Establishment Clause challenges to Mai...
Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Whose Rule Governs Clergy-Communicant Privilege When the Communication Was Made in Another State?

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In Campbell v. State of Texas ,  (TX Ct. Cr. App., Sept. 17, 2026), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (the state's highest court for c...

8th Circuit Hears Arguments on Posting of 10 Commandments in Classrooms

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The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday heard oral arguments ( audio of full oral arguments ) in Samantha Stinson v. State of Arkans...

Trump Urged to Press Xi on Religious Freedom Issues at Tomorrow's Summit

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Tomorrow President Trump meets with China's leader President Xi Jinping who arrives today on a state visit to Washington. Last week, th...
Tuesday, September 22, 2026

EEOC Sues Frozen Snack Manufacturer Over Firing of Jewish Employee

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The EEOC announced yesterday that it has filed suit against the Texas-based Bell Creameries, Inc. charging it with religious discrimination ...
Sunday, September 20, 2026

President Trump Sends Yom Kippur Greetings

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Yom Kippur begins at sundown this evening. Today the White House posted a" Presidential Message on Yom Kippur" ( full tex t) which...

RLUIPA Does Not Apply to Addiction Treatment Center Imposed as Alternative to Criminal Sentence

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In Bryson v. Page , (SD GA, September 17, 2026), a Georgia federal district court dismissed RLUIPA, Establishment Clause and free exercise c...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Chagai Schlesinger, Autonomy Of Dependent Institutions: Church Autonomy After Carson V. Makin ,  (Utah Law Review, Forthcoming Sp...
Friday, September 18, 2026

Trump Lists 250 Pro-Faith Accomplishments

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Yesterday the White House posted a press release ( full text ) titled  President Trump’s Top 250 Victories For People of Faith . The Release...

Iowa Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Religious Exemption from Required Covid Vaccine

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This week, the Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Perry v. Dordt University, (IA Sup. Ct., argued 9/15/2026). ( Video of full oral a...

Journalist Sues Dearborn for Favoring Muslims Over Christians and Jews

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Michigan federal district court by a journalist who is a resident of Dearborn, Michigan, alleging that the cit...
Thursday, September 17, 2026

Planned Parenthood Challenges Wisconsin's Abortion Access Restrictions

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Suit was filed last week in a Wisconsin state trial court challenging Wisconsin laws which require abortions to be performed only by physici...

Britain's New Law Requiring Reporting of Child Sex Abuse Will Apply to Clergy

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The United Kingdom's Crime and Policing Act 2026 received Royal Assent on April 29, 2026. Section 85 of the Act  requires persons engag...

Today Is Constitution Day

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Today is Constitution Day, the 239th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. President Trump yesterday issued a Proclamation ( ...