Church and State
Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions
A comprehensive review of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's decisions in Free Exercise and Establishment Clause cases.
Church and State
Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor’s rulings on religious issues
University of Toledo law professor Howard M. Friedman has compiled a list of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's rulings on…
Church and State
What Changed? Will the Court’s Same-Sex Marriage Cases Affect You?
Neither Hollingsworth nor Windsor demand that any church, even in states that allow gay marriage, be forced to…
Supreme Court
Writing competition asks law students to write model Supreme Court opinion in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley
LOS ANGELES, CA – While most legal writing competitions ask participants to pick a side, Founders First Freedom…
Education
Could a Supreme Court ruling requiring states to give religious schools voucher money kill voucher programs?
Harvard Law professor Mark Tushnet argues in an interview published in Harvard Law Today (1/21/2020) that if the…
Church and State
Prayer as Political Football – Post-Game Analysis of Kennedy v. Bremerton
The coach's final "alone" prayer sessions were not truly alone - they had become a political cause célèbre.
Church and State
Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty – Supreme Court to Hear Religious Hiring Case
This case involving the ministerial exemotion from employment discrimination statutes could have huge implications for churches and denominations.
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…
Abortion / Contraception
Supreme Court Affirms Doctors’ Conscience Protections in Unanimous Decision
While the spotlight has been on the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling regarding continued access to mifepristone, an abortion-inducing…