Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Local Congregation Cannot Sue Parent in Property Dispute After All Its Members Were Excommunicated

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Church of God of Crandon v. Church of God ,  (WI App., Oct. 15, 2024), involved a dispute between a local congregation-- the Crandon Church-...

Federal Court Refuses to Enjoin Distribution of Notice from Rabbinical Court

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In Esses v. Rosen ,  (ED NY, Oct. 15, 2024), a New York federal district court refused to issue a preliminary injunction barring defendants ...

Court Says Indian Penal Code Does Not Punish Insults to Religion That Do Not Outrage Targets

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In Kumar v. State of Karnataka ,  (High Ct. Karnataka, Sept. 13, 2024), a single-judge bench of the High Court of the Indian state of Karnat...

6th Circuit Finds That Employee's Objections to Covid Testing Were Not Religious

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 In DeVore v. University of Kentucky Board of Trustees , (6th Cir., Oct. 11, 2024), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismi...

Religious College Sues Georgia Seeking Inclusion in State Grant and Scholarship Programs

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Yesterday suit was filed in a Georgia federal district court challenging the constitutionality of excluding Luther Rice College and Seminary...
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...
Monday, October 14, 2024

Air Force Officers' Suit Over Vaccine Mandate Is Now Moot

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Still working their way through the courts are dozens of cases brought by employees or former employees who were denied religious exemptions...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Paul E. McGreal, Resolving the Ministerial Exception's Economic Paradox ,  (September 03, 2024). Andrew Paul Gwaza & Jose...
Friday, October 11, 2024

Biden Addresses Call to Jewish Leaders Ahead of Yom Kippur

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The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur begins at sundown this evening.  Last Wednesday, President Biden spoke for over ten minutes ( full text of ...
Thursday, October 10, 2024

Israel's Supreme Court Orders Tel Aviv to Permit Outdoor Sex-Separated Yom Kippur Services

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Times of Israel reports that yesterday a unanimous 3-judge panel of Israel's Supreme Court ordered the municipality of Tel Aviv to perm...

Suit Over Deceptively Promoted School Religious Program Moves Ahead

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In Roe v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board ,  (MD LA, Oct. 8, 2024), a Louisiana federal district court refused to dismiss many claims b...
Wednesday, October 09, 2024

7th Day Adventists Sue Maryland Over Narrow Interpretation of Fair Employment Practices Act Exemption

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Last week, the Seventh Day Adventist Church filed suit against officials and members of the Maryland Civil Rights Commission challenging as ...

Tennesse County Sued by Woman Who Was Required to Remove Hijab for Booking Photo

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Suit was filed this week in a Tennessee federal district court by a Muslim woman who was required by Knox County, Tennessee Sheriff's Of...

Cert. Denied in Alabama Frozen Embryo Case

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Among the hundreds of cases in which the U.S. Supreme Court denied review on Monday was Center for Reproductive Medicine v. Burdick-Aysenne,...
Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Georgia Supreme Court Reinstates 6-Week Abortion Ban While Appeal Is Heard

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Yesterday in State of Georgia v. Sistersong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective ,  (GA Sup. Ct., Oct. 7, 2024), the Georgia Supre...

EEOC Sues Over Refusal to Accommodate Muslim Applicant's Worship Schedule

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On Sept. 30 the EEOC filed a suit under Title VII charging a Washington-state based staffing and recruiting agency with religious discrimina...

Texas Judicial Conduct Commission Withdraws Reprimand of Judge Who Refused to Perform Same-Sex Weddings

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As previously reported , in 2019 the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct issued a Public Warning to Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensl...

Cert. Petition Filed in Oklahoma Religious Charter School Case

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A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drumm...
Monday, October 07, 2024

U.S. Supreme Court Opens New Term with Cert. Denials; Red Mass Yesterday

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The U.S. Supreme Court's new term began today. Yesterday in Washington the annual Red Mass marking the opening of the Supreme Court'...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Io Jones, The IVF Exception: Strengthening Free Exercise Challenges to Abortion Bans ,  (UC Law Constitutional Quarterly, Volume ...