COVID-19
Explainer: Supreme Court’s OSHA and HHS Vaccine Mandate Decisions
Both the OSHA and HHS vaccine mandates provided for religious accommodation which would be enforced through the Religious…
Church and State
Court refuses to block Maine mandate that allows medical but not religious exemptions
The United States Supreme Court refused to issue a preliminary injunction to temporarily block a Maine rule requiring…
14th Amendment
Court to consider tax funding of religious schools, pre-viability abortion ban, and clergy activity at executions
This term, the Supreme Court will be revisiting the issue of whether states must fund religious schools, whether…
Current Events
High Court hands Catholic Social Services narrowly drafted victory
The Supreme Court finds for a Catholic foster care service while sidestepping a larger free exercise of religion…
Church and State
California agrees to stop enforcing restrictions on churches and to pay church attorney fees
After a year of litigation, the state of California is ordered to back down and pay the attorney…
Church and State
California lifts location and attendance limits on churches following Supreme Court ruling
Following Friday's Supreme Court ruling, California has lifted restrictions on the number of attendees and location of religious…
Church and State
US Supreme Court overturns California restrictions on in-home Bible studies
In a decision released Friday night, April 9, 2021, the United States Supreme Court has blocked California's COVID-19…
Employment Law
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Workplace Religious Accommodation Cases
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it would not be hearing two major workplace religious accommodation cases.
Discrimination
LGBTQ+ Students Sue to Eliminate Title IX Religious Exemption
A group of current and former LGBTQ+ students have sued the U.S. Department of Education to either force…
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…