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Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Supreme Court Hears Street Preacher's Appeal Today

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The Supreme Court will hear arguments this morning in Olivier v. City of Brandon. In the case, at issue is whether a street preacher who was...

Class Action Filed Challenging Texas Law Requiring 10 Commandments in All Classrooms

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 A class action lawsuit was filed yesterday in a Texas federal district court challenging the recently enacted Texas statute that requires t...

Church Autonomy Doctrine Requires Dismissal of Catholic School Employee's Discrimination Claim

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In  MoChridhe v. Academy of Holy Angels , (MN App. Dec. 1, 2025), a Minnesota state appellate court rejected an employment discrimination cl...
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...
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