Friday, January 16, 2026

Today Is National Religious Freedom Day

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Today is National Religious Freedom Day, the 240th anniversary of the adoption of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom by the Commonw...

7th Circuit: Muslim Inmate Loses RLUIPA Challenge to Ramadan Meal Policy

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In Smith v. Pugh ,  (7th Cir., Jan, 15, 2026), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a Muslim inmate's rights under the Religi...
Thursday, January 15, 2026

Parents Seek Emergency Order from SCOTUS Reinstating Trial Court's Voiding of School Policy on Disclosure of Students' Gender Transition

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As previously reported , last December in Mirabelli v. Bonta,  a California federal district court held unconstitutional the policy of Calif...

DHS Eases Requirements for Renewal of Foreign Religious Workers' Visas

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The Department of Homeland Security yesterday issued a Release titled Improving Continuity for Religious Organizations and their Employees  ...
Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Trump Appoints State Department Global Religious Freedom Advisor

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 As previously reported , last April, President Trump nominated Mark Walker, a former Baptist minister and former congressman, to be Ambassa...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

European Court Protects Journalist Who Wrote Article on Schools That Promote Islamist Teachings

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In Tafzi El Hadri and El Idrissi Mouch v. Spain , (ECHR, Jan 8, 2026), the European Court of Human Rights rejected claims by two educators e...

Australian Prime Minister Creates Commission on Antisemitism

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Last week (Jan. 8), Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced that in response to the December terrorist attack in Bondi, he is...
Monday, January 12, 2026

Supreme Court Will Hear Oral Arguments Tomorrow In Transgender Athlete Cases

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Tomorrow (Tuesday), the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two cases involving alleged illegal discrimination against transgende...

1st Circuit Upholds Denial of Religious Exemptions from Covid Vaccine

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In Brox v. Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and  Nantucket Steamship Authority , (1st Cir., Jan. 9, 2026), the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Ap...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: David Eliot Bernstein, Title VI Hostile Environment Law in the Shadow of Antisemitic Violence ,  (Journal of Free Speech Law, For...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

Supreme Court Grants Review of Falun Gong Members' Suit Against U.S. Company for Aiding Chinese Surveillance

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On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe I , (Sup. Ct., Docket No. 24-856. cert.  granted 1/9/2026...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

7th Circuit: Satanic Temple Lacks Standing to Challenge Indiana's Ban on Telehealth Abortion [CORRECTED]

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 In Satanic Temple, Inc. v. Rokita ,  ( 7th Cir., Jan. 6, 2026), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that The Satanic Temple lacks ...
Friday, January 09, 2026

9th Circuit Hears Oral Arguments on Church's Standing to Challenge Health Insurance Mandate

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Yesterday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in  Cedar Park Assembly of God of Kirkland v. Kuderer  ( video of full...

Ukrainian Catholic Church Sues Over Zoning Restrictions

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Suit was filed this week in a Pennsylvania federal district court by a Ukrainian Catholic Church alleging that a Pennsylvania Township viola...

Supreme Court Review Sought In Church Autonomy Case

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 A petition for certiorari  ( full text ) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court this week in McRaney v. North American Mission Board of the ...
Thursday, January 08, 2026

Divorce Action Should Be Dismissed Because Couple Were Never Validly Married in the Coptic Church

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In Funti v. Andrews ,  (NY App., Jan. 6, 2026), a New York state appellate court held that a divorce action should be dismissed because the ...

Magistrate Says Claims Against School for Ignoring Antisemitism Should Not Be Dismissed

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In  In re Claims of Avi Polischuk as Parent of D.P. v. Massapequa Union Free School District ,  (ED NY, Jan. 5, 2026), a New York federal ma...

Street Preachers' Challenges to Noise Ordinance Fail

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 In Cabral v. City of Fort Myers, Florida ,  (MD FL, Jan. 6,2026), a Florida federal district court dismissed a First Amendment challenge to...
Wednesday, January 07, 2026

9th Circuit: Church Autonomy Doctrine Allows Churches to Hire Only Co-Religionists Even for Non-Ministerial Positions

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In Union Gospel Mission of Yakima, Washington v. Brown ,  (9th Cir., Jan. 6, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a prelimina...

Wyoming Supreme Court Strikes Down State's Abortion Bans

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In State of Wyoming v. Johnson ,  (WY Sup. Ct., Jan 6, 2026), the Wyoming Supreme Court by a vote of 4-1 held that Wyoming's nearly tota...