Religion Clause

In Hodges v. Gloria ,  (9th Cir., Feb. 26, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected free speech and free exercise challenges to...

In Raio v. City of Chicago , (ND IL, Feb. 24, 2026), two street preachers and a Gospel singer who had been cited and, on another occasion, a...

In the Canadian province of British Columbia, the province's Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a Board of Education trustee to pay damag...

Suit was filed this week in a Minnesota federal district court by Evangelical Lutheran and United Church of Christ organizations and by a Ca...

The Justice Department Civil Rights Division this week filed suit against the University of California alleging that UCLA violated Title VII...

In Barroca v. Hayward Area Recreation and Parks District ,  (ND CA, Feb. 23, 2026), a California federal district court dismissed all but a ...

The Supreme Court yesterday denied certiorari in Doster v. Meink , (Docket No.25-446, cert. denied 2/23/2026) and Poffenbarger v. Meink,  (...

In India, the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad in Noori & Another v. State of U.P. & 4 Others , (HC Allahabad, Feb. 23, 2026), ...

In Sanders v. Kootenai Hospital District ,  (D ID, Feb. 20, 2026), an Idaho federal district court rejected various claims by Claudia Sander...

 The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in McRaney v. North American Mission Board,  (Docket No. 25-807, certiorari  denied 2/23/2026). ...

In Arms of Hope v. City of Mansfield, Texas ,  (ND TX, Feb. 19, 2026), a Christian social service organization challenged the city's reg...

From SSRN: Eric A. Kades, Turning the Other Cheek , (January 30, 2026). Robert Katz, How Antisemitism Infects the Law ,  (December 09, 2024...

In Roake v. Brumley , (5th Cir., Feb. 20, 2026), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals sitting en banc  by a vote of 11-7 vacated on jurisdi...

 In A Woman's Concern, Inc. v. Healey ,  (D MA, Feb. 17, 2026), a Massachusetts federal district court rejected claims by a religiously ...

Johnson v. City of Seattle ,  (WD WA, Feb. 18, 2026), is a suit by promoters of a worship event held in a Seattle park. According to the cou...

Yesterday, the White House posted a Presidential Message on Ash Wednesday ( full text ). It reads in part: Today, the First Lady and I join ...

The Department of Justice announced yesterday that it has opened Title IX investigations into three Michigan school districts. The announce...

On February 17, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released their "Annual Report on the State of Religious Liberty in the United S...

Times of Israel reported earlier this month: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas received a draft constitution [on February 5] ......

 In Bowlin v. Board of Directors, Judah Christian School ,  (7th Circuit, Feb. 13, 2026), the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals held that mo...