Sunday, August 02, 2026

Synagogue Challenges Firearms Ordinance

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An Orthodox Jewish synagogue and its rabbi filed suit last week in a Maryland federal district court challenging a recently adopted Montgom...
Friday, July 31, 2026

Arizona Supreme Court Interprets Clergy Exemption from Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse

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 In Jane Doe I v. Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints ,  (AZ Sup. Ct., July 29, 2026), the Arizo...

3rd Circuit: RLUIPA's Institutionalized Persons Precedent Can Inform RLUIPA Land Use Cases as Well

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 In Anash, Inc. v. Borough of Kingston ,  (3rd Cir., July 30, 2026), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision ordered a Penns...
Thursday, July 30, 2026

Fire At Iowa Meat Packing Plant May Reduce Supply of Kosher Meat Nationally

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According to KCRG News , a fire that broke out on Tuesday has destroyed 75% of the AgriStar Meat and Poultry processing plant in Postville...
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Trump Honors Memory of First U.S.-Born Martyr Beatified by the Catholic Church

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Yesterday, the White House posted a Presidential Message on the 45th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Father Stanley Rother  ( full text ). I...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Challenge To Makeup of Religious Liberty Commission Is Dismissed

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 In The Interfaith Alliance v. Trump ,  (SD NY, July 27, 2026), a New York federal district court dismissed a suit brought by several religi...

Suit Challenges Town's Refusal to Permit Nativity Display on Town Square

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Suit was filed last week in a New York federal district court challenging an upstate New York town's refusal to permit placing of a priv...
Monday, July 27, 2026

Maryland Supreme Court: Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Does Not Apply to Eviction of Defrocked Bishop From Parsonage

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In  Eritrean Orthodox Tweahdo Diocese of USA and Canada v. Sinoda , (MD Sup. Ct., July 23, 2026), the Maryland Supreme Court held that the e...

9th Circuit: Employee Adequately Alleged Religious Objections to Covid Vaccine

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In Weiss v. The Permanente Group ,  (9th Cir., July 24, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a California fede...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Sarah Barringer Gordon, The Holy Cause: Church and State in Revolutionary and Early National New York , (December 20, 2025). Den...
Sunday, July 26, 2026

Canada Reports That Religion-Motivated Hate Crimes Decreased 18% In 2025

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 Last week, the Canadian government released  data on Police Reported Crime Statistics in Canada for 2025, including data on hate crimes. Th...
Friday, July 24, 2026

Justice Department Updates Guidance to Federal Agencies on Protecting Religious Liberty

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Yesterday, the Attorney General issued a 26-page Memorandum to Executive Departments and Agencies ( full text ) on Federal Law Protections ...

9th Circuit: School Social Worker's Office Display Was Government Speech Subject to School Regulation

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In Theis v. Intermountain Education Service District Board of Directors ,  (9th Cir., July 21, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ...

9th Circuit: Trial Court Must Evaluate Penological Interest In Refusing to Replace Inmate's Arabic-Language Quran

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In Kane v. Haynes ,  (9th Cir., July 23, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a district court's dismissal...
Thursday, July 23, 2026

9th Circuit: Inmate Loses Challenge to Kosher Food Program

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 In Hertel v. Thornell ,  (9th Cir., July 22, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of an Arizona prison inmat...

Father's Suit Seeking Opt-Out for Son of Some Class Lessons Moves Ahead

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In Alan L. v. Lexington Public Schools ,  (D MA, July 21, 2026), the father of a kindergartener sued seeking to opt his child out of classro...
Wednesday, July 22, 2026

9th Circuit: Plan to Convince Vaccination Objectors to Reconsider Did Not Show Hostility To Religion

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 In Seagraves v. Wahington State Department of Children, Youth and Families ,  (9th Cir., July 21, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appe...
Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Catholic Sisters Sue To Invalidate New York's Assisted Suicide Counseling Requirement

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Last week, four Orders of Catholic Sisters along with the Catholic Diocese and Bishop of Rockville Centre, New York, filed suit in a New Yor...

Britain Proposes Reform of Laws on Religious and Non-Religious Marriage Ceremonies

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 On July 16, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice published an Open Consultation Document titled Tying the Knot: Reforming Weddings ...
Monday, July 20, 2026

Texas Court Holds That Hindu Temple's Bylaws Are Invalid

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In Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of Austin v. Lam ,   (TX Bus. Ct., July 14, 2026), the Texas Business Court's holding that a non-profit co...