Thursday, November 20, 2025

Trump's Executive Order on American History Does Not Infringe Plaintiff's Free Exercise Rights

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In  Jeanpierre v. Trump , (D UT, November 18, 2025), a Utah federal district court dismissed a suit by the founder of a religious organizati...

UK Supreme Court Faults Type of Religious Education Offered by Northern Ireland Primary School

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The United Kingdom Supreme Court yesterday in  In the matter of an application by JR87 and another for Judicial Review , (UK SC, Nov. 19, 20...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Texas Governor Declares CAIR Foreign Terrorist and Transnational Criminal Organization

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott yesterday issued a Proclamation ( full text ) designating the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as Foreign Terrorist an...

Award of Attorney's Fees Not Barred by Church Autonomy Doctrine

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In  Coronado-Arrascue v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs , (CO App., Nov. 13, 2025), a Colorado state appellate court held that t...

Court Enjoins School Districts from Complying with Texas Mandate to Post 10 Commandments in Classrooms

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In Cribbs Ringer v. Comal Independent School District , (WD TX, Nov. 18, 2025), a Texas federal district court issued a preliminary injuncti...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Texas AG Sues Challenging Exclusion of Sectarian Employment from Work-Study and Similar State Programs

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last week filed suit in a Texas state trial court against the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board an...

9th Circuit Remands Discrimination Suit Against Third-Party Health Plan Administrator

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In Pritchard v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois ,  (9th Cir., Nov. 17, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded to the distr...
Monday, November 17, 2025

Cert. Denied in Football Pre-Game Public Prayer Controversy

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Today the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Cambridge Christian School, Inc. v. Florida High School Athletic Association, (Docket No. 24-1...

Old Order Amish Practices Do Not Justify Termination of Foster Care Placement

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 In In re M.B. ,  (WV Sup. Ct., Nov. 13, 2025), the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals rejected an attempt to remove a two-year old chil...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Yaroslav Kotylko, Alternative (Non-Military) Service In Taiwan: Legal Regulation and Comparative Analysis With The Ukrainian Expe...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

Certiorari Filed in Exclusion of Catholic Schools from Colorado's Preschool Program

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A petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed last week with the U.S. Supreme Court in St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton v. Roy,  (S...
Friday, November 14, 2025

New Executive Order on Foster Care System Includes Focus on Religious Concerns

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President Trump yesterday issued an Executive Order titled "Fostering the Future for American Children" ( full text ). The Executi...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Catholic Bishops Issue Special Pastoral Message on Immigration

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Yesterday, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, gathered at their Fall Plenary Assembly, issued a Special Pastoral Message on immigratio...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Andrea Lucas Named Chair of EEOC

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Last week, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced that Andrea R. Lucas has been designated by President Trump as Chair of th...

Religious Based Proxy Advisors Challenge New Texas Regulatory Law

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Texas S.B.2337  enacted by the Texas legislature earlier this year imposes new disclosure requirements on proxy advisory services that provi...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Texas AG Sues School District to Require Posting of 10 Commandments

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Last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit in a Texas state trial court against the Galveston School District and its board mem...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Supreme Court Denies Review in Same-Sex Marriage Case

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In a closely watched case, the U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Davis v. Ermold,  (Docket No. 25-125, certiorari  denied 11/10/2025...

Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today in RLUIPA Damages Case

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The Supreme Court hears oral arguments this morning in  Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections.  At issue in the case is whether an a...

6th Circuit En Banc: Banning Student-on-Student Use of Biological Pronouns Violates Free Speech Rights

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In Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education,  (6th Cir., Nov. 6, 2025), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appea...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Brooke Girley, The Freedom to Be Bound: Antidiscrimination Theology and the Ministerial Exception ,  (Northwestern Journal of Law...