Abortion / Contraception
Court avoids free exercise minefield of Washington pharmacy case
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving a Washington state requirement that all pharmacies…
Constitution
California Bill Would Punish Religious Colleges That Discriminate Because of Faith
If passed, SB 1146 is unconstitutional because the government is imposing a condition on religious institutions with the…
Constitution
Evaluating Clinton’s claim to “reasonable regulation” of Constitutional rights
Constitutional rights, particularly those in the Bill of Rights are guarantees of personal freedoms and are expressed in…
Immigration
Federal bill introduced to prohibit religion-based denial of immigration
On May 12, Rep. Donald Beyer (D-Va) and 103 co-sponsors introduced legislation that would prohibit immigration authorities from…
Employment Law
Court rules Title VII parties can recover fees on procedural wins
The Supreme Court's ruling in CRST Van Lines v. EEOC (5/19/16) allows potential award of attorney fees even…
Land Use
Religious Property Dispute- Katy Perry v. the Nuns v. a Restaurateur v. the Archdiocese
Last year, the Los Angeles Archdiocese agreed to sell a former convent belonging to the Sisters of the…
Constitution
Declaring the United States a “Christian Nation” does not make it one
Why attempt to change the Constitution to declare the United States is a Christian Nation is a pointless…
Church and State
California legislation seeks to prevent LGBT discrimination in higher education
The California legislature is considering two bills that would make it difficult for religious colleges and universities to…
Church and State
Trump’s troubling evasion of basic religious liberty questions
Donald Trump evades questions about whether employers should have right to discriminate on basis of religion and the…
Constitution
Mississippi legislature passes law to weaponize churches
There are two distinct reactions to gun violence. One is to tighten gun regulations in an effort to…