Espinoza v. Montana
A state cannot exclude religious schools from a scholarship program based on their religious status.
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Court: U.S. Supreme Court
Agostini v. Felton
The Court modified the Establishment Clause test to develop three criteria for determining whether government action's primary effect advanced or inhibited religion.
Poe v. Ullman
Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky v. State of Idaho
The Idaho Supreme Court held that abortion is not a fundamental right under the Idaho Constitution and that the state's abortion restrictions are rationally related…
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis
The First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs that convey messages with which the designer disagrees, protecting free speech…
Welsh v. United States
Exemption from military draft based on philosophical opposition to war, not based on traditional religious beliefs, qualifies as a protected religious practice under the Universal…
Lemon v. Kurtzman
Established a three-pronged test to assess whether a law violates the Establishment Clause by examining whether the law has a secular legislative purpose, neither advances…
United States v. Seeger
The test for exemption from military service based on religious belief should be interpreted to include individuals with sincere and meaningful beliefs occupying a place…
Murthy v. Missouri
The plaintiffs lacked legal standing to challenge government communication with social media platforms regarding content moderation, and the Court did not address the merits of…
United States v. Yates
A Florida fishing couple prosecuted under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for destroying undersized fish won their case by a narrow margin at the Supreme Court.