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Supreme Court rules 9-0 that Boston violated 1st Amendment in refusing Christian flag at City Hall

May 2, 2022 by Michael Peabody 1 Comment

Boston City Hall - photo from Supreme Court Opinion

This morning the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Shurtleff v. Boston (Dec’d 5/2/2022) that the city of Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to participate in a city flag raising program.

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, Free Speech, Supreme Court

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

May 2, 2022 by Michael Peabody Leave a Comment

Active Liberty - a survey of Justice Stephen Breyer's religion clause jurisprudence - Supreme Court

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

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, Employment Law, Free Exercise, History, Religious Institutions, Supreme Court

Tonga – Mandatory Sunday Rest Laws and the International Date Line

February 7, 2022 by Michael Peabody

International Date Line

How Seventh-day Adventists thrive amongst the most restrictive Sunday laws in the world.

Filed Under: History, International Tagged With: Geography, International Date Line, Sabbath, Saturday, Seventh-day Adventist, Sunday, Tonga

A Concept in Common: Are Sunday Blue Laws Making a Comeback?

February 7, 2022 by Michael Peabody

While existing blue laws that specifically prohibit things like Sunday hunting may be disappearing, there is a movement to reintroduce the concept in ways that appeal to across the political divide.

Filed Under: Church and State, Supreme Court

Explainer: Supreme Court’s OSHA and HHS Vaccine Mandate Decisions

January 16, 2022 by Michael Peabody

Both the OSHA and HHS vaccine mandates provided for religious accommodation which would be enforced through the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Without a Federal OSHA requirement, RFRA may only apply to HHS cases.

Filed Under: COVID-19, Free Exercise, Supreme Court Tagged With: HHS, OSHA, Religious Freedom Restoration Act

Court refuses to block Maine mandate that allows medical but not religious exemptions

October 29, 2021 by Michael Peabody

The United States Supreme Court refused to issue a preliminary injunction to temporarily block a Maine rule requiring certain healthcare workers to take the COVID-19 vaccine or lose their jobs or medical practices, allowing for medical but not religious exemptions.

Filed Under: Church and State, COVID-19, Religion, Supreme Court

On the Vaccine and Religious Liberty

October 6, 2021 by Michael Peabody

Religious liberty and COVID-19 vaccines

  We have received more contacts from readers about the COVID-19 vaccine than any other since we went live in 2008. This is understandable because most religious liberty issues only affect a few people, but almost everybody reading this is being asked to take “the jab” or potentially face some dire consequences. I read in […]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Health, Religious Accommodation

Court to consider tax funding of religious schools, pre-viability abortion ban, and clergy activity at executions

October 3, 2021 by Michael Peabody

Supreme Court - DepositPhotos.com

This term, the Supreme Court will be revisiting the issue of whether states must fund religious schools, whether clergy members can say prayers during executions of inmates, and whether a state can ban abortion before viability. The following is a brief summary and analysis of the cases. 

Filed Under: 14th Amendment, Human Life, Supreme Court

High Court hands Catholic Social Services narrowly drafted victory

June 18, 2021 by Michael Peabody

The Supreme Court finds for a Catholic foster care service while sidestepping a larger free exercise of religion issue.

Filed Under: Current Events, Discrimination, Free Exercise, Legal Issues, Marriage, Religious Institutions, Supreme Court

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Workplace Religious Accommodation Cases

April 6, 2021 by Michael Peabody

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would not be hearing two major workplace religious accommodation cases.

Filed Under: Employment Law, Supreme Court

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Geneva, Switzerland - December 03, 2019: World Health Organization (WHO / OMS) Headquarters - DepositPhotos.com

Biden admin could hand over US control of health emergencies to WHO next week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ultimate control over America’s health care and its national sovereignty will be put up for a vote next week at a meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing legislative body, the World Health Assembly (WHA).  On May 22-28, 2022, the 75th World Health Assembly will convene at the United Nations […]

Statement on the Leak in Dobbs

The leak was intended to disrupt the processing of the decision and we are not going to dignify the leak or the unidentified leaker by analyzing it prematurely. As a constitutional republic we cannot go down that road without doing severe damage to the institution of the Supreme Court where there must be professional courtesy between the justices and their staffs.

Canadian gov’t calculates that expansion of assisted suicide will save taxpayers millions of dollars

In Canada, it is easier for the disabled who do not suffer terminal illness to get approval for assisted suicide than approval for affordable housing. The government has calculated the cost of providing healthcare versus providing assisted suicide.

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Biden admin announces “Disinformation Governance Board”

But as the government continues to pull the strings by asking private companies to curtail freedom of speech it increasingly becomes an actor in unconstitutionally curtailing freedom of speech.

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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— Rich Mullins

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