Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer
A state cannot exclude religious organizations from generally available funding programs based on their religious status.
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Topic: Free Exercise
February 2026
Espinoza v. Montana
A state cannot exclude religious schools from a scholarship program based on their religious status.
In re A.C. (Minor Child)
An Indiana appellate court upheld the trial court's removal of a transgender minor from parents who refused to use preferred pronouns based on religious…
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…
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…
Methodist Churches v. Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church
Churches seeking to disaffiliate from the UMC over doctrinal disagreements cannot pursue claims requiring civil court interpretation of ecclesiastical doctrine under the Establishment Clause.
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…
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…
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…