Wednesday, October 07, 2026

Catholic Clergy Sue ICE Detention Center for Restricting Their Ability to Minister to Detainees

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 A suit was filed on Monday in a Missouri federal district court alleging that a detention center housing 150 immigration detainees is viola...

Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Leads to Dismissal of Complaint By 37 Churches Over Disaffiliation Rules

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In Methodist Church of Cape St. Claire v. Baltimore Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church , (MD App., Oct. 5, 2026), a Maryla...

Pennsylvania Supreme Court: 1st Amendment Free Exercise Claim Requires "Burden", Not "Substantial Burden" On Religious Practice

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In   Alsyrawan v. Department of Human Services , (PA Sup. Ct., Oct. 5, 2026), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that to show a 1st Amendme...
Tuesday, October 06, 2026

Backers of Hasidic School May Move Ahead with Challenges to Zoning Denials

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Congregation Rabbinical Institute of Tartikov, Inc. v. Village of Pomona, NY , (SD NY, Sept.28, 2026), is the latest decision in a long-runn...

Supreme Court Opens Its October 2026 Term

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The Supreme Court opened its October 2026 Term yesterday, issuing its traditional long list of certiorari denials. Yesterday's 42-page O...
Monday, October 05, 2026

Student Organizations Challenge University's Consolidation of Christian Student Groups Under One Campus Minister

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Suit was filed last month in a Virginia federal district court by two Christian student groups at Virginia State University challenging the ...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Michael Lewyn, Disparate Impact and Synagogue Location , (September 01, 2025). Scott Skinner-Thompson, The Court's Queer Eras...

IRS Issues Regulations Governing New Federal Scholarship Tax Credit

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In the October 2 Federal Register, the Internal Revenue Service published Temporary Regulations ( full text ) implementing the new Federal S...
Friday, October 02, 2026

Hegseth Announces Creation of Military Office of Religious Affairs

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Earlier this week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth delivered his State of the Force Address ( full text ). Among his announcement in the Addr...

Supreme Court Grants Review in RLUIPA "Substantial Burden" Case Involving Denial of Zoning Variance for a Grotto

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday granted review in Missionaries of St. John, Inc. v. Frederic,  (Docket No.25-1131, certiorari  granted 10/1...

Government's Allegations of Confrontations Near Synagogue Did Not Adequately Allege FACE Act Violations

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In United States v. Party for Socialism and Liberation New Jersey ,  (D NJ, Sept. 30, 2026), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed w...
Thursday, October 01, 2026

Church Autonomy Doctrine Is Not Broader Than Ministerial Exception in Title VII Cases

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In Ference v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Greensburg ,  (WD PA, Sept. 30, 2026), a Pennsylvania federal district court refused to dismiss a Ti...

Requiring Foster Parents to Affirm Child's Religious Beliefs That They Reject Violates 1st Amendment

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In McIntire v. Senn ,  ((WD WA, Sept. 29, 2026), a Washington federal district court refused to require Washington's Department of Child...
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

New York Mayor Releases Strategy to Combat Antisemitism

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mandani released a 33-page report ( full text ) titled Tackling Hate: The Mamdani Administration's Strategy t...

9th Circuit Refuses En Banc Review of Decision Allowing Transfer of Apache Holy Area to Copper Mining Company

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In the long-running litigation over the transfer of 2500 acres of National Forest land that includes Apache ceremonial religious ground to R...

Employer's Religious Refusal to Cover Gender Dysphoria in Its Health Plan May Violate Title VII, But Not ADA

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In Bernier v. Turbocam, Inc. , (D NH, Sept. 28, 2026), Lillian Bernier, a transgender woman, sued her employer because the company refused t...
Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Court Rejects Religious Challenge to Nebraska's Ban on Midwives Attending Home Births

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In Tvrdy v. Hilgers ,  (D NE, Sept. 26, 2026), a Nebraska federal district court upheld a state law prohibiting certified nurse midwives (CN...

Ohio Legislators Lack Standing to Claim Reproductive Rights Amendment to State Constitution Is Invalid

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In Dean v. Yost ,  (OH Com. Pl., Sept. 22, 2026), two members of the Ohio state legislature and a city council member sued contending that t...

North Dakota Supreme Court Upholds State's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

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In T.D. v. Wrigley ,  (ND Sup. Ct., Sept. 17, 2026), the North Dakota Supreme Court rejected a facial attack on North Dakota's ban of bo...
Monday, September 28, 2026

6th Circuit: Tennessee's Ban on Recruiting a Minor to Obtain an Abortion Is Unconstitutional

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In Welty v. Dunaway , (6th Cir. Sept. 24, 2026), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision held unconstitutional both as appli...