Tonga – Mandatory Sunday Rest Laws and the International Date Line
How Seventh-day Adventists thrive amongst the most restrictive Sunday laws in the world.
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A Concept in Common: Are Sunday Blue Laws Making a Comeback?
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.
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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 Freedom Restoration Act. Without a Federal OSHA requirement, RFRA may only apply to HHS cases.
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Biden OSHA vaccine mandate raises constitutional concerns
On Saturday, November 6, the 5th Circuit suspended enforcement of the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate. The Biden administration does claim direct power to force the general public to receive the vaccine, but it intends to do so through employers. Last
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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 certain healthcare workers to take the COVID-19 vaccine or lose their jobs or medical practices, allowing for medical but not religious exemptions.
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On the Vaccine and Religious Liberty
We have received more contacts from readers about the COVID-19 vaccine than any other since we went live in 2008. This is understandable because most religious liberty issues only affect a few people, but almost everybody reading this is
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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 clergy members can say prayers during executions of inmates, and whether a state can ban abortion before viability. The following is a brief summary and analysis of the cases.
COVID-19 and Texas – Of Vaccines, Abortion, Privacy and Bodily Autonomy
Two major stories about what power the government has to control what happens inside a person’s body are making headlines this week. The Courts are Unlikely to Require Religious Accommodation When it Comes to Avoiding the COVID-19 Vaccine The Delta
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Why the “Shouting Fire in a Crowded Theater” trope should be retired
How the Supreme Court abandoned the “shouting fire in a crowded theater” trope and what it means in the Age of the Pandemic
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Biden administration and Klobuchar bill to restrict freedom of speech online
Citing health and safety concerns, Minnesota Senator (and erstwhile presidential candidate) Amy Klobuchar introduced a bill on Thursday, July 22, 2021, dubbed “The Health Misinformation Act of 2021” that would hold tech companies responsible for allowing misinformation about vaccines and other health issues to spread online. In other words, if you say something about COVID-19 or vaccines or anything else that could be seen as “incorrect,” big tech would now have an obligation to censor you.
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