Free Exercise
321 articlesMehdi v. United States Postal Service
Post offices are not required to include crescent and star symbols alongside Christmas and Hanukkah decorations in recognition of Muslim hol…
United States v. Essex County, New Jersey
The Department of Justice filed suit alleging Essex County discriminated against a Muslim corrections officer by refusing to accommodate her…
Boissoin v. Lund
A letter to the editor expressing views on homosexual-rights curricula is legitimate expression protected by freedom of speech and does not…
1995 Federal Labor Court (Germany) Scientology Decision
Scientology is neither a religion nor an ideology but rather a business and is therefore subject to business restrictions including Sunday s…
First Baptist Church of Ferndale v. City of Ferndale
A church has the right to use its property to provide charitable social services to the poor under the Religious Land Use Act of 2000.
United States v. Carolene Products
In Footnote Four, Justice Harlan Stone established that laws discriminating against minorities, distorting the political process, or faciall…
Bollard v. California Province of the Society of Jesus
A ministerial exception to statutory employment requirements protects religious organizations' employment decisions regarding their minister…