Current Events
Supreme Court: Calif. restrictions on indoor church meetings unconstitutional
The Supreme Court slams California restrictions on indoor church services while finding that capacity and singing limitations can…
Current Events
Free Speech and Social Media Censorship: An Analysis
The guarantee of Free Speech exists next to the religious freedom guarantees in the First Amendment of the…
Current Events
Why the Supreme Court Should Hear the Dalberiste Workplace Religious Accommodation Case
Dalberiste may help courts further define the boundaries of true unnecessary burdens on employers, the role of union…
Current Events
Dr. C. Norman Farley passes to his rest
We are sad to announce the passing of Dr. C. Norman Farley in November 2020. He formally served…
Church and State
Court blocks New York Governor’s COVID Restrictions on Religious Congregations
In a major victory for religious congregations, delivered late on Thanksgiving Eve, the United States Supreme Court blocked…
COVID-19
Goulard: Churches are Absolutely Essential
What if the church is a place where lives are transformed from the inside out, where people make…
Current Events
Supreme Court not likely to make individual FBI agents pay for allegedly violating Religious Freedom Restoration Act
On October 6, 2020, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case on the issue…
Church and State
“I dissent!” A Survey of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Religion Clause Jurisprudence
Ginsburg wrote little on the religion clauses, but she frequently joined with those Justices who favored a strong…
COVID-19
LA County fails bid to shut down church and must prove why free exercise rights should be infringed
Los Angeles County lost another battle in its bid to stop Grace Community Church from meeting indoors today.…
COVID-19
Why Churches are Fighting Shutdown Orders
Five months into the pandemic shut-down, Los Angeles County is asking for the courts to find that Grace…