Woolard v. Thurmond
California may require state-funded charter school independent study programs to maintain secular curricula and cannot fund religious instructional materials.
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Humphrey’s Executor v. United States
Congress may protect independent agency commissioners from at-will removal by the President.
Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The President may remove the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau without cause.
Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center
An employee's refusal to undergo nose swab testing based on fear of ethylene oxide exposure, though religiously motivated, is not entirely religious when premised on…
Trump v. Slaughter
The Supreme Court granted the President power to remove Federal Trade Commission leadership without cause.
Dad’s Place v. Bryan, Ohio (regulatory appeal)
The Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals remanded the case with orders to apply strict scrutiny to a church's claim that overnight shelter operations in…
David Morris Clayman v. United States Federal Officials
A federal court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of 'In God We Trust' on U.S. currency under RFRA and the First Amendment, finding no…
Union Gospel Mission of Yakima Washington v. Nick Brown
The First Amendment's church autonomy doctrine extends beyond the ministerial exception to protect a religious organization's decision to hire only co-religionists for non-ministerial roles when…
Hunter v. U.S. Department of Education
Religious colleges can continue to claim exemptions from Title IX, allowing gender-based discrimination in alignment with religious beliefs.
Bob Jones University v. United States
The government has a fundamental, overriding interest in eradicating racial discrimination in education that substantially outweighs the burden on religious institutions' exercise of their religious…