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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

Satanic Temple Sues Company that Refused “Abortion Ritual” Billboard

March 2, 2022 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The Satanic Temple has sued a billboard company for refusing to put up billboards promoting awareness of the “Satanic Abortion Ritual.”

Filed Under: Abortion / Contraception, Free Exercise, Legal Issues

Explainer: Supreme Court’s OSHA and HHS Vaccine Mandate Decisions

January 16, 2022 by Michael Peabody

Both the OSHA and HHS vaccine mandates provided for religious accommodation which would be enforced through the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Without a Federal OSHA requirement, RFRA may only apply to HHS cases.

Filed Under: COVID-19, Free Exercise, Supreme Court Tagged With: HHS, OSHA, Religious Freedom Restoration Act

High Court hands Catholic Social Services narrowly drafted victory

June 18, 2021 by Michael Peabody

The Supreme Court finds for a Catholic foster care service while sidestepping a larger free exercise of religion issue.

Filed Under: Current Events, Discrimination, Free Exercise, Legal Issues, Marriage, Religious Institutions, Supreme Court

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

Free Speech and Social Media Censorship: An Analysis

January 28, 2021 by Lemuel Sapian

The guarantee of Free Speech exists next to the religious freedom guarantees in the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. These rights often intersect, as the ability to speak according to one’s conscience is innate to almost any conscientious belief system in existence. To apply restrictions to speech would also be applying restrictions to the exercise of religion.

Filed Under: Current Events, Free Exercise, Free Speech

Court unanimously finds RFRA plaintiffs can sue FBI agents for money damages

December 13, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that plaintiffs whose religious rights were violated can sue government employees individually for monetary damages.

Filed Under: Constitution, Free Exercise, RFRA, Supreme Court

Satanic Temple claims abortion is a religious ritual protected by the Free Exercise clause

October 7, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The Satanic Temple is asserting a free exercise right to abortion as a religious ritual in lawsuits against the state of Missouri and against a Louisiana advertising agency.

Filed Under: Constitution, Free Exercise, Human Life Tagged With: abortion, Church of Satan, crisis pregnancy center, Free Exercise Clause, Lamar Advertising, Missouri, Planned Parenthood, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, religious freedom, religious liberty, Satanic Temple, waiting period

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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.

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

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.

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.

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— Amos 5:24

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