Religion Clause

Yesterday the State Department announced  a change in focus for future Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The Daily Signal  and the ...

 As previously reported , earlier this year the U.S. Supreme Court split 4-4 on the question of whether the 1st Amendment allows Oklahoma to...

In Lorenzo v. San Francisco Zen Center , (CA App., Nov. 21, 2025), a California state appellate court held that neither the ministerial exce...

In Access Independent Health Services, Inc. v. Wrigley ,  (ND Sup. Ct., Nov. 21, 2025), the North Dakota Supreme Court reversed a trial cour...

From SSRN: Adriano P. Díaz Cisneros, The Competitive Values of Christianity: An Antitrust Perspective on Western Civilization (November 07,...

 In Pool v. Dad's Place of Bryan, Ohio ,  (OH App., Nov. 21, 2025), an Ohio state appellate court remanded to the trial court a church...

Suit was filed this week in a Michigan federal district court in an unusual battle between a Catholic priest and rival podcasters. The compl...

As previously reported , earlier this week Texas governor Greg Abbott issued a Proclamation designating CAIR as a Foreign Terrorist and Tran...

 A religious advocacy organization, its director, 3 priests, and a sister filed suit this week against immigration officials alleging that t...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

 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...

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

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...