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Supreme Court rules 9-0 that Boston violated 1st Amendment in refusing Christian flag at City Hall

May 2, 2022 by Michael Peabody 1 Comment

Boston City Hall - photo from Supreme Court Opinion

This morning the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Shurtleff v. Boston (Dec’d 5/2/2022) that the city of Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to participate in a city flag raising program.

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, Free Speech, Supreme Court

Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions

May 2, 2022 by Michael Peabody Leave a Comment

Active Liberty - a survey of Justice Stephen Breyer's religion clause jurisprudence - Supreme Court

A comprehensive review of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s decisions in Free Exercise and Establishment Clause cases.

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, Employment Law, Free Exercise, History, Religious Institutions, Supreme Court

Supreme Court hears argument in football coach post-game prayer case

April 30, 2022 by ReligiousLiberty.TV Leave a Comment

The Supreme Court will likely find that the coach’s interest in free speech and free exercise of religion is more compelling than a potential Establishment Clause violation.

Filed Under: Church and State, Employment Law, Free Exercise, Supreme Court

A Concept in Common: Are Sunday Blue Laws Making a Comeback?

February 7, 2022 by Michael Peabody

While existing blue laws that specifically prohibit things like Sunday hunting may be disappearing, there is a movement to reintroduce the concept in ways that appeal to across the political divide.

Filed Under: Church and State, Supreme Court

Court refuses to block Maine mandate that allows medical but not religious exemptions

October 29, 2021 by Michael Peabody

The United States Supreme Court refused to issue a preliminary injunction to temporarily block a Maine rule requiring certain healthcare workers to take the COVID-19 vaccine or lose their jobs or medical practices, allowing for medical but not religious exemptions.

Filed Under: Church and State, COVID-19, Religion, Supreme Court

California agrees to stop enforcing restrictions on churches and to pay church attorney fees

May 24, 2021 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

After a year of litigation, the state of California is ordered to back down and pay the attorney fees of a church that had to defend its civil right to meet.

Filed Under: Church and State, COVID-19, Religious Institutions Tagged With: Calvary Chapel of Bangor, church restrictions, Gavin Newsom, Harvest Rock Church, Liberty Counsel

California lifts location and attendance limits on churches following Supreme Court ruling

April 12, 2021 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

California Capitol

Following Friday’s Supreme Court ruling, California has lifted restrictions on the number of attendees and location of religious services.

Filed Under: Church and State, COVID-19, Free Exercise

US Supreme Court overturns California restrictions on in-home Bible studies

April 10, 2021 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

In a decision released Friday night, April 9, 2021, the United States Supreme Court has blocked California’s COVID-19 restrictions on in-home religious gatherings.  

Filed Under: Church and State, Free Exercise, In the News, Supreme Court

Court blocks New York Governor’s COVID Restrictions on Religious Congregations

November 26, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

In a major victory for religious congregations, delivered late on Thanksgiving Eve, the United States Supreme Court blocked the state of New York from implementing gathering restrictions that the Court ruled discriminate against religious congregations.

Filed Under: Church and State, Current Events, Supreme Court Tagged With: Churches and COVID-19, COVID-19, religious liberty

Church deserves trial on constitutionality of shutdown order rules judge

September 30, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Contempt of court is a quasi-criminal act, and the court cannot punish someone for breaking a regulation if that regulation is not constitutional.

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, COVID-19

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Biden admin could hand over US control of health emergencies to WHO next week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ultimate control over America’s health care and its national sovereignty will be put up for a vote next week at a meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing legislative body, the World Health Assembly (WHA).  On May 22-28, 2022, the 75th World Health Assembly will convene at the United Nations […]

Statement on the Leak in Dobbs

The leak was intended to disrupt the processing of the decision and we are not going to dignify the leak or the unidentified leaker by analyzing it prematurely. As a constitutional republic we cannot go down that road without doing severe damage to the institution of the Supreme Court where there must be professional courtesy between the justices and their staffs.

Canadian gov’t calculates that expansion of assisted suicide will save taxpayers millions of dollars

In Canada, it is easier for the disabled who do not suffer terminal illness to get approval for assisted suicide than approval for affordable housing. The government has calculated the cost of providing healthcare versus providing assisted suicide.

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Biden admin announces “Disinformation Governance Board”

But as the government continues to pull the strings by asking private companies to curtail freedom of speech it increasingly becomes an actor in unconstitutionally curtailing freedom of speech.

CA bill would make it illegal to investigate deaths of newborns

A group of pastors and their congregations will assemble at the California Capitol on April 19, 2022, to ask legislators to vote against a bill that could effectively legalize infanticide in California. Tomorrow, the Assembly Health Committee will be holding a hearing to consider AB 2223, preventing county coroners from determining the circumstances, manner, and […]

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