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Free Exercise, Parental Rights / Oct 28

Indiana Court Upholds Ruling Taking Transgender Child Away from Parents Who Refused on Religious Grounds to Use Preferred Pronouns

An Indiana state appeals court upheld the trial court’s removal of a 16-year-old transgender minor who suffered from an eating disorder and was allegedly abused because their parents did not accept their transgender identity.

Kleins - Photo from First Liberty
Free Exercise, Marriage, Supreme Court / Sep 30

History in the Baking: Latest Wedding Cake Decision Appealed to Supreme Court

First Liberty has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review an Oregon Court of Appeals decision that upheld the state-imposed punishment of bakery owners, Melissa and Aaron Klein.

Free Exercise, Free Speech, Free Speech, Supreme Court / Aug 23

Supreme Court to Decide Whether a State Can Compel Artists to Create Art Against Their Will (303 Creative v. Elenis)

During the 2022-23 term, the Supreme Court will consider a case that raises this issue:  “Whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment.”

Church and State, Constitution, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise, Free Speech, Supreme Court / Jul 2

No more Lemon tree – Supreme Court weakens Establishment Clause protections

The Court took an ax to the trunk of the Lemon tree and replaced it with a vague “history and tradition” rule.

Church and State, Current Events, Establishment Clause, Free Exercise, Supreme Court / Jun 29

Prayer as Political Football – Post-Game Analysis of Kennedy v. Bremerton

The coach’s final “alone” prayer sessions were not truly alone – they had become a political cause célèbre.

Church and State, Current Events, Discrimination, Education, Free Exercise, Religious Institutions, Supreme Court, Tax Exemption / Jun 26

Why Maine’s religious schools are likely to decline state funding

Why two Maine schools slated to receive public funds in the wake of the Supreme Court decision in Carson v. Makin will probably refuse to […]

Church and State, Education, Free Exercise, Supreme Court / Jun 22

Count the Cost: The Hidden Dangers of Government Funding of Religious Education

The integrity of the private parochial school system is at stake.  Religious schools would, through their agreement to accept requirements for scholarships, make themselves vulnerable for regulation to the point that they have nothing unique to offer the world.

Trojan Horse and School Funding
Current Events, Education, Free Exercise, Religious Institutions, Supreme Court / Jun 21

Court says Maine Must Pay for Religious Schools: A Trojan Horse for the Culture Wars?

Active Liberty - a survey of Justice Stephen Breyer's religion clause jurisprudence - Supreme Court
Church and State, Constitution, Employment Law, Free Exercise, History, Religious Institutions, Supreme Court / May 2

Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions

A comprehensive review of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s decisions in Free Exercise and Establishment Clause cases.

Church and State, Employment Law, Free Exercise, Supreme Court / Apr 30

Supreme Court hears argument in football coach post-game prayer case

The Supreme Court will likely find that the coach’s interest in free speech and free exercise of religion is more compelling than a potential Establishment Clause violation.

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