Espinoza v. Montana
A state cannot exclude religious schools from a scholarship program based on their religious status.
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Poe v. Ullman
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.
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…
Daniel Snyder v. Arconic Corp.
The Eighth Circuit heard oral arguments regarding whether an employer's DEI policy can override an employee's religious liberty rights when terminating a Christian worker for…
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…
State v. Anti-Abortion Protesters
Passive resistance by anti-abortion protesters at a clinic qualifies as obstruction under Michigan law, and religious beliefs do not exempt individuals from complying with lawful…
Wuoti v. Winters
Families sued Vermont DCF claiming foster-care and adoption policies violate First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights by excluding them based on religious beliefs about gender…
Frankel v. UCLA
Jewish students sued UCLA for failing to protect them from antisemitic harassment and exclusion from campus areas during a protest encampment.
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…