Friday, July 04, 2025

Cert. Granted in Street Preacher's Suit Challenging Protest Zone

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Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court granted review in Olivier v. City of Brandon, Mississippi, (Docket No. 24-993, certiorari  granted 7/3/2025...

Cert. Granted in Challenge to Ban of Transgender Women on Women's Sports Teams

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted review in two cases raising the issue of whether laws that bar transgender women from participatin...
Thursday, July 03, 2025

Another Suit Challenges Texas Law Mandating 10 Commandments in Every Classroom

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Suit was filed yesterday in a Texas federal district court challenging the constitutionality of Senate Bill 10 which requires a copy of the ...

11th Circuit: Florida Can Bar Transgender Teacher's Use of Preferred Pronouns to Refer to Herself in Classroom

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In Wood v. Florida Department of Education ,  (11th Cir., July 2, 2025), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held tha...

Wisconsin Supreme Court: Legislature Impliedly Repealed 1849 Abortion Ban

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 In Kaul v. Urmanski ,  (WI Sup. Ct., July 2, 2025), the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision held that 1849 state law criminalizing ab...
Wednesday, July 02, 2025

Suit Challenges Oklahoma's Social Studies Standards

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Suit was filed yesterday in the Oklahoma Supreme Court by public school teachers, parents, children and clergy asking the court to assume or...
Tuesday, July 01, 2025

HHS Office of Civil Rights Charges Harvard with Title VI Violations Because of Indifference to Antisemitic Harassment

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On June 30, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights issued a Notice of Violation ( full text ) to Harvard Univers...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Barbara E. Armacost, From Warriors to Servants: Romans 13 and a Theology of Policing ,  (forthcoming in __ Journal of Law and Rel...

Suit Challenges Texas Requirement for 10 Commandments in Classrooms

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Suit was filed last week in a Texas federal district court challenging the constitutionality of a recently enacted Texas law that requires t...
Monday, June 30, 2025

Ohio's School Voucher Program Held to Violate State Constitution

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In Columbus City School District v. State of Ohio , (OH Com. Pl., June 224, 2025), an Ohio state trial court held that Ohio's school vou...

Recent Articles and Books on Islamic Law

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From SSRN: Asmanadia Zahwa Nur Jannati & Safari Hasan,  The Urgency of Seeking Knowledge in Islam to Improve Physical and Spiritual Heal...
Sunday, June 29, 2025

Supreme Court Upholds Appointment of Task Force That Recommended Insurance Coverage for Anti-HIV Drugs

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In Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc. ,  (Sup. Ct., June 27, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision held that the method of appo...
Saturday, June 28, 2025

Supreme Court: Parents Have Free Exercise Right to Opt Children Out of Class Discussions That Undermine Religious Beliefs

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 In Mahmoud v. Taylor , (Sup.Ct., June 27, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision upheld the granting of a preliminary injunction t...