Tuesday, March 17, 2026

President's Religious Liberty Commission Holds Hearing on Religious Liberty in Healthcare

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Yesterday, the President's Religious Liberty Commission held its Sixth hearing, this one on religious liberty in health care. The hearin...

Court Permanently Enjoins Enforcement of Arkansas Law Requiring 10 Commandments in Every Classroom

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In Stinson v. Fayetteville School District  , (WD AR, March 16, 2026), an Arkansas federal district court issued a permanent injunction barr...

9th Circuit Again Upholds Transfer of Apache Religious Site to Copper Company

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In Arizona Mining Reform Coalition v. U.S. Forest Service ,  (9th Cir., March 13, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals once again up...
Monday, March 16, 2026

9th Circuit Denies En Banc Review of Spa's Policy on Transgender Women, With Unusually Controversial Dissent

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Olympus Spa v. Armstrong , (9th Cir., March 12, 2026), is the denial of a panel and en banc rehearings to two Korean Spas that lost their 1...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Note: SSRN this week posted links to 39 articles by John Witte. Below are links to those written within the past two years which ...
Friday, March 13, 2026

Oklahoma AG Sues to Overturn Charter School Board's Strategic Factual Record In Rejecting Religious School

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As previously reported , in May 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court split evenly, 4-4, on the constitutionality Oklahoma funding a religiously spon...

Cemetery Loses Free Exercise and Establishment Clause Challenges to Permit Denial

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In Steelmantown Church v. Carlton County, Minnesota ,  (D MN, March 11, 2026), a Minnesota federal district court dismissed claims under the...
Thursday, March 12, 2026

5th Circuit: Principal Lacks Qualified Immunity for Barring Teachers' Praying in View of Students

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In Barber v. Rounds ,  (5th Cir., March 9,2026), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Texas high school principal Bryan Rounds do...

Suit Challenges Library's Policy on Use of Meeting Room

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Suit was filed this week in an Alabama federal district court by Eagle Forum, a Christian community educational organization, challenging th...

Wyoming Governor Signs Heartbeat Abortion Law While Expressing Concern Over Its Constitutionality

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On March 9, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon signed Enrolled Act No. 29 / House Bill 126, the Human Heartbeat Act ( full text ), into law ( pres...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

County Employee Sues Over Denial of Religious Accommodation So He Could Avoid Celebrating Pride Month

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Suit was filed yesterday in a California federal district court by an employee of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works alleging...

Federal Jury Awards Muslim Inmates $667,000 After Guards Violently Disrupted Their Prayers

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In a press release , CAIR Legal Defense Fund announced that on Monday a jury in federal district court in the Eastern District of Missouri h...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

USCIRF Releases 2026 Annual Report

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Last week, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 2026 Annual Report ( full text ) containing its recommendati...

Former Charismatic Religious Leader Sued for Sexual Exploitation

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At the end of last month, three women filed suit in a Tennessee federal district court against the former religious leader of Global Outreac...

Certiorari Denied in Unification Church Dispute

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Family Federation for World Peace and Unification International v. Moon, (Docket No. 25-6...
Monday, March 09, 2026

Alabama Supreme Court Orders Trial Courts to Hear Claims of United Methodist Conference In Deciding Church Property Ownership

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In Ex parte Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. , (AL Sup. Ct., March 6, 2026), the Alabama Supreme Court b...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Jeremy Kessler, Selective Service and the Separation of Powers ,  (106 Boston University Law Review __ (2026)). Harold Anthony Ll...
Sunday, March 08, 2026

Father's Rights Not Violated by School's Refusal to Dismiss Son Early on Fridays for Religious Services

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In Sapp v. Trenton Board of Education ,  (D NJ, March 6, 2026), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed a suit brought pro se  against...
Friday, March 06, 2026

Indiana Trial Court Permanently Enjoins Enforcement of Abortion Ban Against Women with Conflicting Religious Beliefs

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In Anonymous Plaintiff 1 v. Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana , (Super. Ct., March 5, 2026), an Indiana state tri...

Florida Governor's Order Declaring CAIR a Foreign Terrorist Organization Is Held Unconstitutional

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As  previously reported , last December Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an Executive Order declaring CAIR to be a foreign terrorist org...