Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Showing posts with label California. Show all posts
Friday, September 26, 2025

Mother Loses Free Exercise Challenge To Violence Against Women Act

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In United States v. Gaviola ,  (ED CA, Sept. 25, 2025), a California federal district court held that enforcement of 18 USC §2262(a)(2) doe...
Monday, September 15, 2025

California Legislature Passes Law Aimed at Combatting Antisemitism and Other Bias in Schools

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On September 12, the California legislature gave final passage to AB 715 ( full text ) which amends the state Education Code to create a st...
Friday, September 12, 2025

9th Circuit Upholds Requirement to Use Only Secular Curricular Materials in Charter School Home Instruction Programs

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In Woodlard v. Thurmond ,  (9th Cir., Sept. 11, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected First Amendment challenges to Californ...
Monday, September 01, 2025

State Office Violated Title VII by Refusing to Allow Jehovah's Witness to Attach Addendum to Required Employment Oath

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In Bolden-Hardge v. Office of the California State Controller ,  (ED CA, Aug. 29, 2025), a California federal district court, in a case on r...
Friday, August 29, 2025

Supreme Court Review Sought by California Baker

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A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed this week in Miller v. Civil Rights Division,  (Sup. Ct., certiorari filed 8/26/2025) . ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

LA Sued Over Its handling of Permit Application for Christian Revival Event

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Suit was filed last week in a California federal district court by leaders of May Day USA, a nationwide Christian revival event, contending ...
Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Good News Clubs Must Have Equal Access to School Facilities

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In Child Evangelism Fellowship NorCal, Inc. v. Oakland Unified School District Board of Education ,  (ND CA, Aug. 15, 2025), a California fe...
Monday, August 18, 2025

9th Circuit Rejects Christian Day Care's Challenge to Licensing Requirement

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In Foothills Christian Ministries v. Johnson ,  (9th Cir., Aug. 14, 2025), Foothills, a Christian day care center, challenged a California l...
Tuesday, August 05, 2025

Challenge to Church's Switch in Denominations Fails

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In Wimber v. Scott , (CA App., July 30, 2025), a California state appellate court held that plaintiffs who were tithing congregants of a Pro...
Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Challenge To California's Investigation of Caste Discrimination Dismissed on Procedural Grounds

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In Hindu American Foundation, Inc. v. Kish , (ED CA, July 18, 2025), a California federal district court dismissed on various procedural gro...
Sunday, July 13, 2025

Justice Department Sues California Over Its Gender Identity Policy in School Sports

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Last week, the Department of Justice sued California, alleging that it violates Title IX by permitting transgender girls to compete in girls...
Monday, July 07, 2025

Section 1981 Suit Can Move Ahead Against Defendants Who Disrupted Jewish Religious Celebration

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Congregation Hazon Ovadya, Inc. v. Rabbinical Council of California , (CD CA, July 1, 2025), is a suit by a Sephardic Jewish synagogue again...
Wednesday, June 18, 2025

California May Proceed With False Advertising Charges Against Abortion Pill Reversal Promoters

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In Culture of Life Family Services, Inc. v. Bonta ,  (SD CA, June 13, 2025), a California federal district court refused to enter a prelimin...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

DOJ Sues California Coffee House for Discriminating Against Jewish Customers

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On Monday, the Justice Department filed suit in a California federal district court against an Oakland, California coffee house alleging vio...
Thursday, May 29, 2025

Teacher's Refusal to Use Student's Preferred Pronouns Justified Her Being Fired

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 In Ramirez v. Oakland Unified School District ,  (ND CA, May 27, 2025), a California federal district court dismissed claims by a former ki...
Thursday, May 22, 2025

California Agrees to Consent Decree Allowing Sectarian Schools to Participate In IDEA

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 As previously reported , last October the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a California federal district court's dismissal of...

Exclusion of Religious Organization from Non-Profit Discount Challenged Under California's Unruh Act

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Suit was filed yesterday in a California federal district court by a Christian non-profit claiming that OpenAI's non-profit discount pol...
Wednesday, May 07, 2025

Church's Removal of Congregant from Services Did Not Violate 1st Amendment

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 In Devi v. Sacramento Bhartiya Sabha ,  (ED CA, May 2, 2025), a California federal magistrate judge recommended dismissal of a suit against...
Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Parents Lack Standing to Challenge Law Barring Schools from Disclosing Child's Change of Name or Pronoun

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In Chino Valley Unified School District v. Newsom ,  (ED CA, April 18, 2025), a California federal district court held that plaintiffs, pare...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Appellate Court Upholds $1.2M Fine Against Church for Violating Covid Public Health Orders

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In People of the State of California v. Calvary Chapel San Jose ,  (CA App., April 15, 2025), a California state appellate court affirmed th...