Trump v. Hawaii
So long as the President has executive authority to limit entry of individuals from particular countries and there is a rational basis, the restriction…
Chronological & Subject Repository
Topic: Free Exercise
February 2026
Zubik v. Burwell
Religious groups objected to contraceptive mandate requirements.
Gonzalez v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente
The Court addressed the scope of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
Darrell Patterson v. Walgreen Co.
The case involves whether an employee's religious belief to not work on Saturday was reasonably accommodated when offered only a demotion.
Biel v. St. James Catholic School
The ministerial exception does not bar a Catholic school teacher fired for requesting time off for cancer treatment from pursuing an ADA discrimination claim.
Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries
The Supreme Court threw out a decision against bakers who refused to provide a cake for a same-sex wedding and sent it back to…
Gaylor v. Mnuchin
A clergy-specific tax-free housing allowance provision in the IRS code is constitutional and falls within the play between the joints of the Free Exercise…
Gaylor v. Peecher
The Seventh Circuit will decide whether a tax-exempt housing allowance for clergy violates the Establishment Clause.
Masterpiece Cakeshop
The Colorado Human Rights Commission treated a baker's religious convictions with too much hostility, but the Court did not resolve whether religious beliefs can…
Patterson v. Walgreen
The Court will decide whether the di minimis definition of 'undue hardship' from TWA v. Hardison will remain in place in a case involving…