Chatham Middle School Case
Lessons on world religions as part of comparative religion curriculum do not violate the Establishment Clause when presented within an acade…
Free Exercise
321 articlesSt. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School Case
The Supreme Court considered whether Oklahoma may approve and fund a Catholic charter school through its statewide charter system without vi…
Abigail Carmichael Jordan v. U.S. Department of State
The State Department's requirement to obtain a birth certificate or Letter of No Record as a prerequisite to passport issuance substantially…
Frankel v. Regents of the University of California
UCLA violated the Free Exercise Clause by knowingly allowing or facilitating the exclusion of Jewish students and faculty from campus areas…
Mid Vermont Christian School v. Vermont Principals’ Association
The Vermont Principals' Association violated the Free Exercise Clause by expelling a religious school for religious objections to transgende…
United States v. Gaviola
A federal court denied a mother's motion to dismiss charges under the Violence Against Women Act for transporting her child to a religious b…
Woolard v. Thurmond
California may require state-funded charter school independent study programs to maintain secular curricula and cannot fund religious instru…
Central Okanagan School District No. 23 v. Renaud
Employers and unions must accommodate employees' religious beliefs unless doing so would cause undue hardship.
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 r…