Showing posts with label Maine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Maine. Show all posts
Thursday, September 10, 2026

Maine's Compulsory School Vaccination Law Upheld

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In We the Patriots USA, Inc. v. Makin , (D ME, Sept. 8, 2026), a Maine federal district court rejected free exercise and Establishment Claus...
Thursday, September 03, 2026

Maine Supreme Court Upholds Ending Mother's Sharing in Control of Daughter's Religious Upbringing

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In Bickford v. Bradeen ,  (ME Sup. Ct., Sept. 1, 2026), the Maine Supreme Court upheld a trial court's decision to modify an order origi...
Monday, August 03, 2026

Clergy Duties Do Not Excuse Compliance With Forum Selection Clause In Employment Agreement

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In Luzingu v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc. ,  (D ME, July 31, 2026), a Maine federal district court rejected a claim by a Christian pastor that...
Monday, July 06, 2026

1st Circuit Upholds Maine's Antidiscrimmination Rules For Religious Schools Except Its Religiouis Expression Nondiscrimination Requirement

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Last week, the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals issued opinions in two cases raising similar, but not identical, challenges to the antidisc...
Thursday, July 02, 2026

1st Circuit: University's Rejection of Property Sale to Church Was Not Religious Discrimination

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In Calvary Chapel Belfast v. University of Maine System ,  (1st Cir., June 30, 2026), the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dis...
Monday, March 30, 2026

DOJ Investigating California and Maine for Housing Transgender Women in Women's Prisons

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Last Thursday, the Department of Justice announced that it has notified the governors of California and Maine that DOJ is initiating investi...
Saturday, May 24, 2025

Supreme Court Gives Emergency Relief to State Legislator Who Was Disenfranchised After Anti-Transgender Social Media Post

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In Libby v. Fecteau , (Sup. Ct., May 20, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court by a vote of 7-2 granted an injunction pending appeal to a member of ...
Thursday, January 30, 2025

Maine Supreme Court Invalidates Retroactive Removal of Limitation Period for Child Sex Abuse Claims

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In Dupuis v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland ,  (ME Sup. Ct., Jan. 28, 2025), Maine's Supreme Judicial Court, in a 4-2 decision, held ...
Monday, January 13, 2025

University' Rescission of Agreement with Church Did Not Violate Equal Protection or Free Exercise Clauses

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In Calvary Chapel Belfast v. University of Maine System , (D ME, Jan. 10, 2025), a Maine federal district court refused to issue a temporary...
Friday, August 09, 2024

De Facto Exclusion of Catholic Schools From Tuition Grant Program Through Antidiscrimination Law Survives Strict Scrutiny

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In St. Dominic Academy v. Makin ,  (D ME, Aug. 8, 2024), a Maine federal district court, in a 75-page opinion, refused to preliminarily enjo...
Friday, August 02, 2024

Jury Must Decide Whether School Board Had Religious Animus

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In Pines Church v. Hermon School Department ,  (D ME, July 31, 2024), a Maine federal district court denied both parties' motions for su...
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Court Upholds Maine's Law Barring LGBTQ Discrimination by Christian School Receiving State Funds

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In Crosspoint Church v. Makin ,  (D ME, Feb. 27, 2024), a Maine federal district court refused to enjoin application of the state's educ...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Challenge To Maine's Past Covid Restrictions on Churches Is Dismissed

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In In re COVID-Related Restrictions on Religious Services , (DE Super., Aug. 28, 2023), a Delaware Superior Court dismissed a suit challengi...
Friday, August 18, 2023

Challenge To Maine's Elimination of Religious Exemption To School Vaccination Mandate May Move Ahead

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Fox v. Makin ,  (D ME, Aug. 16, 2023), is a challenge to the Maine legislature's removal of religious exemptions from the state's sc...
Thursday, June 15, 2023

Maine Sued Over New Limits On Religious Schools In Tuition Payment Program

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 On Tuesday, a Catholic school in Maine and parents who would like to send their children to that school under Maine's tuition payment p...
Monday, May 29, 2023

1st Circuit: Free Exercise Claim by Maine Healthcare Workers Over COVID Mandate May Move Forward

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 In Lowe v. Mills ,  (1st Cir., May 25, 2023), the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals reversed in part a Maine district court's dismissal...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Christain School Sues Over "Poison Pill" Provisions That Exclude It from Maine's Tuition Payment Program

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Suit was filed this week in a Maine federal district court by a Christian school challenging 2021 amendments to Maine's Human Rights Act...
Friday, August 19, 2022

Maine's COVID Vaccine Mandate, Without Religious Exemption, Is Upheld

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 In Lowe v. Mills ,  (D ME, Aug. 18, 2022), a Maine federal district court rejected challenges by seven healthcare workers to Maine's CO...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Maine AG Says Christian Schools May Still Be Ineligible For Tuition Assistance Program

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 As previously reported , last week in Carson v. Makin, the U.S. Supreme Court held that sectarian schools could not be excluded from Maine...
Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Supreme Court Says Maine Cannot Exclude Sectarian Schools From Its Tuition Reimbursement Program

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In Carson v. Makin ,  (Sup. Ct., June 21, 2022), in a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Maine's program that pays tuition (...