Monday, December 08, 2025

President Issues Message on Feast of the Immaculate Conception

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Today, President Trump issued a "Presidential Message on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception" ( full text ). The Message reads ...

No Religious Discrimination Shown in Enforcement of Septic Tank Code

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In Schoff v. Illinois Human Rights Commission ,  (IL App., Dec. 4, 2025), an Illinois state appellate court affirmed the decision of the sta...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Candice Mason Kulbeth, Speech Is Only Free for the Privileged: The Moral Mechanics of Neutrality , (October 25, 2025). Osama S. ...

Texas Sues Promoters of Development Aimed at Muslim Home Buyers

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced last week that he has filed suit in a Texas state trial court against the East Plano Islamic Ce...
Saturday, December 06, 2025

HHS Replaces Label on Portrait of Former Official to Reflect Administration's Refusal to Recognize Changes in Gender Identity

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NPR reports  that the U.S. Public Health Service has altered the official portrait of Admiral Rachel Levine who served for four years as dep...
Friday, December 05, 2025

Camping Ordinance Does Not Violate Free Exercise Rights of Homeless Resident

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In Hebbe v. City of Folsom , (ED CA, Dec. 3, 2025), plaintiff who is an unhoused resident of Folsom, California, challenges on numerous grou...

7th Circuit: Chicago's Reporting Requirement for Employees During Covid Pandemic Were Constitutional

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In Kondilis v. City of Chicago , (7th Cir., Dec. 2, 2025), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected claims by City of Chicago employee...
Thursday, December 04, 2025

European Union Court of Justice: EU Countries Must Recognize Same-Sex Marriages Performed in Other Member States

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In  Cupriak-Trojan v. Mazowiecki , (CJEU, Nov. 25, 2025), the Court of Justice of the European Union held that the Treaty on the Functioning...

West Virginia Supreme Court, Pending Appeal, Reinstates No-Religious-Exemption to School Vaccine Mandate

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As previously reported , last month a West Virginia trial court held that the state's Equal Protection of Religion Law requires schools ...
Wednesday, December 03, 2025

Supreme Court Hears Street Preacher's Appeal Today

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The Supreme Court will hear arguments this morning in Olivier v. City of Brandon. In the case, at issue is whether a street preacher who was...

Class Action Filed Challenging Texas Law Requiring 10 Commandments in All Classrooms

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 A class action lawsuit was filed yesterday in a Texas federal district court challenging the recently enacted Texas statute that requires t...

Church Autonomy Doctrine Requires Dismissal of Catholic School Employee's Discrimination Claim

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In  MoChridhe v. Academy of Holy Angels , (MN App. Dec. 1, 2025), a Minnesota state appellate court rejected an employment discrimination cl...
Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today in Appeal from Faith-Based Pregnancy Center Over Subpoena for Identity of Donors

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The Supreme Court today hears oral arguments in  First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin. At issue in the case is an investigat...

2nd Circuit: Information About Abortion Pill Reversal Is Protected Speech

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In National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. James ,  (2d Cir., Dec. 1, 2025), the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a di...

Prison Chaplain Sues for Wrongful Termination

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Suit was filed last week in a Florida federal district court by a Christian pastor who was terminated from his position as Senior Pastor at ...
Monday, December 01, 2025

1st Amendment Protects Law Student's Antisemitic Posts

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In Damsky v. Summerlin , (ND FL, Nov. 24, 2025), a Florida federal district court issued a preliminary injunction requiring the University o...

Recent Articles of Inteterest

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From SSRN: Anna Lukina, Evil Law in St. Thomas Aquinas's Philosophy (November 20, 2025). Rahmatulloh Ismoilov, Regulation of Islamic Kn...
Sunday, November 30, 2025

"In God We Trust" On Currency Does Not Burden Jewish Plaintiff's Religious Exercise

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 In Clayman v. Bessant ,  (SD FL, Nov. 24, 2025), a Florida federal district court rejected plaintiff's RFRA, Free Exercise, Establishme...
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...