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 ...
Monday, October 26, 2026

No 1st Amendment Violation in Requiring Seller of Pre-Designed Wedding Outfit to Sell It for Same-Sex Wedding

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In In re New York State Division of Human Rights v. D. Auxilly NYC LLC ,  (NY App., Oct. 22, 2026), a New York state appellate court upheld ...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Yusuf Akintunde Ademola & Saoban Ashimi, Sharīʿah Courts within the Nigerian Constitutional Order: Law, Misconception, and Le...
Friday, October 23, 2026

Pew Survey Reports on Mid-Term Voting Preferences by Religious Affiliation

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In anticipation of the November 3 mid-term elections, last week the Pew Research Center released the results of a survey conducted between S...

New Law Allows Clergy to Opt Back Into Social Security and Medicare

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On Oct. 20, President Trump signed into law H.R. 227, the Clergy Act. The new law (P.L. 119-125) ( full text ) is summarized by the Congre...
Thursday, October 22, 2026

D.C. Circuit: Religious Organizations Have Standing to Challenge Policy Changes On Immigration Enforcement Near Places of Worship

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In Mennonite Church USA v. U.S Department of Homeland Security ,  (DC Cir., Oct. 20, 2026), the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decis...

Did Pressure on Foster Child to Be Baptized Amount to Neglect of Child's Emotional Needs?

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In A.P. v. Department of Children and Families ,  (MA App. Ct., Oct. 21, 2016), a Massachusetts state appellate court vacated and remanded a...