Friday, November 28, 2025

West Virginia Court Says Schools Must Allow Religious Exemptions From Vaccination Requirements

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In Guzman v. West Virginia Board of Education , (WV Cir. Ct., Nov. 26, 2025), a West Virginia state trial court, in a 75-page opinion, held ...
Thursday, November 27, 2025

President Issues Thanksgiving Proclamation

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President Trump this week issued a Proclamation ( full text ) declaring today a National Day of Thanksgiving. The Proclamation reads in part...
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

10th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on Colorado's Regulation of Health Care Sharing Ministries

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On Nov. 20, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries v. Conway,  ( Audio of...

Texas AG Sues State Agency for Excluding Sectarian Use of Homelessness Funds

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced  on Monday he has filed suit against the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs chall...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

State Department Human Rights Reports Will Have Changed Focus

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

New Test Case on State-Funded Religious Charter Schools Is Being Assembled

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 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...

Ministerial Exception Doctrine Does Not Bar Wage-and-Hour Claim

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In Lorenzo v. San Francisco Zen Center , (CA App., Nov. 21, 2025), a California state appellate court held that neither the ministerial exce...
Monday, November 24, 2025

North Dakota Supreme Court Upholds State's Abortion Ban

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

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Adriano P. Díaz Cisneros, The Competitive Values of Christianity: An Antitrust Perspective on Western Civilization (November 07,...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Church's Challenge to Fire Code Applicability Triggers Strict Scrutiny

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 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...
Friday, November 21, 2025

Priest Brings Defamation Action Against Podcasters Who Questioned His Credentials as an Exorcist

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

CAIR Sues Texas Governor

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

Catholic Clergy Sue for Access to ICE Detention Facility

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