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

Canceling Church's Sunday Lease on School Gym Violated 1st Amendment

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 In Truth Family Bible Church Middleton v. Idaho Housing and Finance Association , (D ID, Sept. 22, 2025), an Idaho federal district court h...
Monday, September 22, 2025

Another Suit Challenges Texas' Law Requiring 10 Commandments in Classrooms

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On August 20 a Texas federal district court issued a preliminary injunction barring 11 Texas school districts from complying with Texas SB 1...
Friday, September 19, 2025

Organization Ordaining Ministers Online Loses Challenge to Tennessee Officials

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Tennessee law provides that persons who receive ordination online may not solemnize marriages in the state. In American Marriage Ministries ...
Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Hawaii Supreme Court Interprets State Constitution's Establishment Clause

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In Hilo Bay Marina, LLC v. State of Hawai'i , (HI Sup. Ct., Sept. 12, 2025), the Hawaii Supreme Court held that the Hawaii state constit...
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

School Rules on Non-gendered Pronouns Do Not Violate Free Exercise or Free Speech Rights

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In Hyland v. State Board of Education , (NJ App., Sept. 9, 2025), a New Jersey state appellate court rejected a 1st and 14th Amendment chall...
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 ...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

Court Enjoins Compliance with Texas Law Requiring Posting of 10 Commandments in Classrooms

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In Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District ,  (WD TX, Aug. 20, 2025), a Texas federal district court in an unusual 55-page opini...
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...
Wednesday, August 06, 2025

Court Enjoins Compliance with Arkansas Law Requiring Posting of 10 Commandments in All Classrooms

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Earlier this year, Arkansas enacted Act 573 requiring display of the Ten Commandments in public school and college classrooms. In Stinson v...
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...
Friday, July 18, 2025

Ban On Pride Flag on City Poles Does Not Violate Establishment Clause

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 In Gordon v. City of Hamtramck ,  (ED MI, July 14, 2025), a Michigan federal district court held that a ban on religious, ethnic, racial, p...
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 ...
Tuesday, July 01, 2025

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...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Challenge To Narrow Religious Exemption in Maryland Employment Law Is Dismissed In Part

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In General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists v. Horton ,  (D MD, June 18, 2025), a Maryland federal district court denied a preliminary i...
Sunday, June 22, 2025

5th Circuit Upholds Preliminary Injunction Against Louisiana's 10 Commandments In Classrooms Law

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In Roake v. Brumley ,  (5th Cir., June 20, 2025), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court's grant  of a prelimin...
Friday, June 13, 2025

Court Denies TRO In Challenge To Trump's Executive Orders on Antisemitism

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In  McClanahan v. Trump , (WD MO, June 9, 2025), a Missouri federal district court refused to grant a temporary restraining order in a chall...
Thursday, June 05, 2025

Supreme Court: Wisconsin's Religious Nonprofit Exemption from Unemployment Comp. Tax Must Include Catholic Charities

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In Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission ,  (Sup. Ct., June 5, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court, in...

Washington Bishops Sue Challenging Expanded Child Abuse Reporting Law

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Last week, the Catholic bishops in Washington state filed suit challenging the constitutionality of a  recently adopted amendment to the sta...
Wednesday, June 04, 2025

State Court Order to Cooperate in Religious Divorce Cannot Be Challenged in Federal Trial Court Proceeding

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In Azimi v. Worrell ,  (WD VA, June 3, 2025), plaintiff appearing pro se , challenged on Free Exercise and Establishment Clause grounds an o...
Sunday, June 01, 2025

Suit Challenges Exclusion of Religious Training from Virginia Tuition Grant Programs

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Suit was filed last week in a Viginia federal district court challenging the exclusion from Virginia's Tuition Assistance Grant Program ...