Showing posts with label Establishment Clause. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Establishment Clause. Show all posts
Friday, April 19, 2024

5th Circuit Remands Muslim Inmate's RLUIPA and Establishment Clause Claims

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 In Lozano v. Collier , (5th Cir., April 11, 2024), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a portion of the district court's dec...
Wednesday, April 03, 2024

Satanic Temple Can Move Ahead with Establishment Clause Challenge to Its Treatment by City Council

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In The Satanic Temple v. The City of Chicago , (ND IL, March 31, 2024), an Illinois federal district court held that The Satanic Temple (&qu...
Friday, March 29, 2024

First Amendment Precludes Court from Enforcing Mahr in Divorce Action

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 In Omid v. Ahmadi ,  (CT Super., March 18, 2024), a Connecticut state trial court in a action for dissolution of a marriage refused to enfo...
Friday, March 15, 2024

Wisconsin Supreme Court Says Catholic Charities Not Exempt from Unemployment Comp Law

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 In Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. State of Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review  Commission ,  (WI Sup. Ct., March 14, 2024), the Wiscon...
Monday, March 11, 2024

Ban on Caste Discrimination Is Constitutional

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In Bagal v. Sawant ,  (WD WA, March 8, 2024), a Washington federal district court rejected First and 14th Amendment challenges to the City o...
Tuesday, February 20, 2024

9th Circuit: On Supervised Release, Must Have Secular Alternative To 12-Step Program Requirement

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 In United States v. Rourke ,  (9th Cir., Feb. 15, 2024), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that it was "plain error" for...
Sunday, February 04, 2024

Good News Clubs Sue for Access to Hawaii Schools

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Suit was filed two weeks ago in a Hawaii federal district court against the Hawaii Department of Education and four school districts in whic...
Saturday, February 03, 2024

Questions of Fact Remain in Challenge to Application Process for Prison Chaplaincy Supervisor

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 In Bridges v. Prince Georges County, Maryland ,  (D MD, Feb. 1, 2024), a Maryland federal district court refused to grant summary judgment ...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Court Supervision of Church Election Invalidated by Mississippi Supreme Court

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In Melton v. Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church ,  (MS Sup. Ct., Jan. 11, 2024), the Mississippi Supreme Court reversed and vacated a deci...
Friday, January 12, 2024

State Regulation of Catholic Childcare Program Upheld

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In South Hills Catholic Academy v. Department of Human Services , (PA Commonwealth Ct., Jan. 11, 2024), a Pennsylvania appellate court rejec...
Friday, January 05, 2024

Constitutional Challenge to RLUIPA Dismissed on Sovereign Immunity Grounds

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In Coritsidis v. Khal Bnei Torah of Mount Ivy , (SD NY, Jan. 3, 2024), a New York federal district court dismissed the portion of the lawsui...
Sunday, December 31, 2023

School Board Not Liable for Teacher's Proselytization of Muslim Student

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In Chaudhry v. Community Unit School District 300 Board of Education ,  (ND IL, Dec. 29, 2023), an Illinois federal district court dismissed...
Thursday, December 21, 2023

Negligence Claims Against Religious Boarding School Barred by Establishment Clause

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In Drew v. Householder , (WD MO, Dec. 19, 2023), plaintiff sued Circle of Hope Boarding School, a fundamentalist Baptist school for girls, a...
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...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Kapparot Protesters Lose Suit Against City

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In Karlan v. City of Los Angeles ,  (CA App., Nov. 27, 2023), a California state appellate court affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought...
Friday, November 24, 2023

Inclusion of "Caste" In Antidiscrimination Policy Does Not Violate Establishment Clause

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In Kumar v. Koester ,  (CD CA, Nov. 21, 2023, a California federal district court rejected an Establishment Clause challenge to the inclusio...
Friday, October 27, 2023

West Virginia School Settles Suit Over Religious Activities

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The Freedom From Religion Foundation announced yesterday the settlement of a suit against a West Virginia school, its principal and a subs...
Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Oklahoma AG Sues State's Charter School Board Over Its Approval of Religious Charter School

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Last week Oklahoma's Attorney General filed suit against the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board challenging its approval of...
Wednesday, October 18, 2023

School Material on Islam Did Not Violate Current Establishment Clause Test

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As previously reported , in November 2020 in  Hilsenrath v. School District of the Chathams,  a New Jersey federal district court held that ...
Friday, October 06, 2023

Reservist Challenges Military's Admonition of Him for His Remarks at Retirement Ceremony

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Suit was filed this week in a Texas federal district court by Jace Yarbrough, a Major in the Air Force Reserve, challenging a Letter of Admo...