Finland Supreme Court Case KKO:2026:27
The Supreme Court of Finland convicted Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Juhana Pohjola of agitation against a population group for descriptions in a 2004 pamphlet, while…
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Chaudhry et al v. Community Unit School District 300 Board of Education et al
The federal court ruled that a teacher's provision of a Bible to a Muslim student and facilitation of contact with Christian converts did not constitute…
Paivi Rasanen v. Finland
A sitting member of parliament was convicted of a hate crime for a church pamphlet written more than two decades ago containing theological arguments about…
Perry v. Marteney
West Virginia's mandatory vaccination law for public school students, including those in virtual schools, is constitutional as a neutral, generally applicable health measure subject to…
Mara Nathan, Rabbi, et al. v. Alamo Heights Independent School District, et al.
Texas Senate Bill 10, which requires the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, does not violate the First Amendment's Establishment Clause or…
Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
The Supreme Court found that an openly gay scoutmaster's presence would violate the organization's associational and expressive rights.
Allegheny Reproductive Health Center v. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
Pennsylvania's Medicaid abortion coverage exclusion violates the Pennsylvania Constitution's Equal Rights Amendment because the state funds all pregnancy-related care except abortion, constituting unlawful sex discrimination.
Fischer v. Department of Public Welfare
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court's 1985 precedent was overruled in 2024 to apply a tougher constitutional framework for evaluating sex-based classifications.
St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton v. Roy
The Supreme Court agreed to review whether religious schools can be exempted from state nondiscrimination requirements when receiving public funding for preschool programs.
Indiana RFRA Abortion Class Injunction (Marion County)
A Marion County judge permanently blocked Indiana from enforcing its abortion law against a certified class of women claiming that obtaining an abortion is a…