Religion Clause

Yesterday, the President's Religious Liberty Commission held its final hearing, focusing on the past, present and future of religious li...

Ohio Attorney General David Yost has filed suit in an Ohio state trial court seeking to prevent Hebrew Union College (HUC) from closing its ...

 On April 13, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in  Theis v. Intermountain Education Service District - Board of Di...

Last week, Dominican Sisters who operate a home that provides palliative care for indigent, terminally ill cancer patients filed suit in a N...

From SSRN: Dennis Wieboldt, 'But The Original Intent of the Constitution Would be Restored': Catholic Legal Thought and the Emergenc...

In Hall v U.S. Department of Justice ,  (ND CA, April 9, 2026), a California federal district court held that plaintiff lacks standing to ch...

In Perry v. Marteney ,  (4th Cir., April 8, 2026), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held that West Virginia's l...

 In First United Methodist Church of Hobe Sound, Florida v. Board of Trustees of the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Churc...

In Coates v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah ,  (MD GA, April 6, 2026), a Georgia federal district court refused at this point in the lit...

In Singh v. Second Judicial District Court of the State of Nevada ,  (NV Sup. Ct., April 2, 2026), a 3-judge panel of the Nevada Supreme Cou...

Suit was filed last week in a Florida federal district court by members and elders of the Coastal Family Church challenging a temporary inju...

In Hunter v. State of California ,  (CD CA, March 31, 2026), a California federal district court accepted the findings, conclusions, and rec...

In Maniar v. Noem ,  (D DC, April 1, 2026), a D.C. federal district court dismissed a suit brought by plaintiffs, husband and wife, who are ...

In Johnson v. Fleming , (ED VA, March 31, 2026), a Virginia federal district court dismissed Free Exercise Clause, Establishment Clause, and...

In Yarbrough v. Saltzman ,  (D DC, April 3, 2026), a D.C. federal district court dismissed a claim by a major in the Air Force Reserve that ...

From SSRN: Carl H. Esbeck, Church Autonomy and the Co-Religionist Hiring Practice at Issue in Union Gospel Mission of Yakima v. Brown, 162 F...

In Christian Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v. Township of Gloucester ,  (D NJ, April 1, 2026), a New Jersey federal district court...

In Southeastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America v. Finney , (MD TN March 31, 2026), a Tennessee federal district court r...

On Friday, the White House posted a Presidential Message on Easter  ( full text ). The Message reads in part: This Easter Sunday, the First ...

In Knotts v. City of Cuyahoga Falls . (ND OH, March 31, 2026), an Ohio federal district court upheld the application of a noise ordinance to...