Showing posts with label Churches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Churches. Show all posts
Sunday, April 26, 2026

New York City Law Providing Police Perimeters During Demonstrations Around Houses of Worship Goes into Effect

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As reported by JNS , last week New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that he would not veto a law protecting houses of worship during...
Sunday, April 05, 2026

Churches Fail to Obtain Injunction Against Enforcement of Human Smuggling Law

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In Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America v. Finney , (MD TN March 31, 2026), a Tennessee federal district court r...
Saturday, April 04, 2026

Church Wins Its Fight Over Fire Code Requirements

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Last November, an Ohio state appellate court remanded to the trial court a church's appeal of an injunction that had been issued against...
Wednesday, April 01, 2026

Court Refuses to Issue Consent Decree Exempting Church Sermons from Johnson Amendment

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 As previously reported , in a suit brought against the Internal Revenue Service by two churches and two other non-profit religious groups c...
Tuesday, February 17, 2026

New ICE Policy Allowing Enforcement Operations at Churches Violates RFRA

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 In New England Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America v. Department of Homeland Security ,  (D MA, Feb. 13, 2026), a Massachusetts f...
Wednesday, July 09, 2025

IRS Says Houses of Worship Can Endorse Political Candidates

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In a Joint Motion for Entry of a Consent Judgment ( full text ) filed on Monday with a Texas federal district court in National Religious Br...
Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Suit Challenges HHS's Rescission of Sensitive Locations Policy

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Suit was filed yesterday in an Oregon federal district court by a group of churches, an interfaith council and a Latino organization challen...
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...
Monday, April 14, 2025

Churches Lack Standing to Challenge Rescission of DHS's Sensitive Locations Policy

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In Mennonite Church USA v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security , (D DC, April 11, 2025), the D.C. federal district court, in a suit by 27 ...
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Certiorari Denied in Dispute Over Standing to Challenge Covid Restrictions on Churches

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Grace Bible Fellowship v. Polis,  (Docket No. 24-226, certiorari denied 10/15/2024). ( Order L...
Sunday, September 29, 2024

West Virginia Ban on Churches Incorporating Violates 1st Amendment

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In Hope Community Church v. Warner ,  (ND WV, Sept. 26, 2024), a West Virginia federal district court held that the West Virginia constituti...
Tuesday, September 10, 2024

6th Circuit: Permit Requirement Did Not Substantially Burden Church

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 In Dad's Place of Bryan, Ohio v. City of Bryan, Ohio ,  (6th Cir., Sept. 5, 2024), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to ent...
Friday, August 30, 2024

Churches Challenge Constitutionality of Johnson Amendment

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The Johnson Amendment which prohibits 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations from supporting or opposing political candidates was challenged thi...
Friday, August 02, 2024

Delaware Supreme Court Dismisses Suits Challenging Prior Covid Restrictions on Houses of Worship

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 In In re Covid-Related Restrictions on Religious Services ,  (DE Sup. Ct., Aug. 1, 2024), the Delaware Supreme Court upheld the dismissal b...
Sunday, December 10, 2023

2nd Circuit: NY Ban on Firearms in Places of Worship Violates Free Exercise Rights

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  Antonyuk v. Chiumento ,  (2d Cir., Dec. 8, 2023), is a 261-page opinion upholding in part and rejecting in many other respects constitutio...
Friday, April 28, 2023

Suit Seeks Historic Preservation Funds for Churches

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Two historic churches have filed suit in a New Jersey federal district court challenging Morris County's exclusion of properties current...
Friday, February 24, 2023

Virginia Legislature Passes Law Protecting Houses of Worship from Discriminatory Restrictions During Emergencies

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Yesterday, the Virginia General Assembly gave final passage to HB 2171 ( full text ). The bill, which is a reaction to restrictions imposed...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Results From Election Day on Ballot Issues of Interest

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Here are Tuesday's vote results for the ten ballot issues of interest to those following law and religion developments.  More details an...
Tuesday, November 08, 2022

Ten Issues of Interest Are on Today's Ballots Across the Country

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Today voters in ten states will be voting on ballot measures that relate to religious institutions, reproductive rights, clergy, religious f...
Friday, November 04, 2022

Suit Challenges New York Ban on Firearms in Houses of Worship

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Suit was filed this week in a New York federal district court challenging the constitutionality of New York's ban on carrying firearms i...