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Op-Ed: How parents can navigate the culture of COVID-19 fear

March 19, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

It is greater and more defining than the shootings of JFK, Reagan or even 9/11 because it is, for the first time, a global marker in time; one of a shared moment of terror they all experienced together.

Filed Under: COVID-19, Family

Op-Ed: People need to help each other during COVID-19 crisis

March 17, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

My initial reaction to the news about this virus was that it was an overblown story. I was quite annoyed with the mainstream media reporting every new case and every death. The result seemed to be nothing other than mass hysteria.

Filed Under: Current Events, Economics, Health Tagged With: Corona Virus, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Wuhan Virus

Supreme Court considers standing and medical necessity of admitting privileges in Louisiana abortion case

March 5, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

esterday the Supreme Court heard oral arguments (link to transcript) in the Louisiana abortion case, Russo v. June Medical Services. This case is a challenge to a new Louisiana state law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital within 30 miles. Because the admitting privileges requirements can be […]

Filed Under: Human Life, Privacy, Supreme Court Tagged With: abortion, admitting privileges, climic, doctor, Hellerstedt, June Medical Services, Louisiana, patient, termination of pregnancy, Texas

Supreme Court finds Puerto Rico court lacked jurisdiction to seize Catholic assets to pay school pension obligations

February 24, 2020 by Michael Peabody

The Supreme Court ruled today per curiam that the Puerto Rico Supreme Court erred when it determined that the “Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church” was responsible for properly administering a pension plan for the employees of Catholic Schools Trust.

Filed Under: Legal Issues, Religious Institutions, Supreme Court Tagged With: Catholic Church, ERISA, non-profit, Pension, piercing corporate veil

Supreme Court agrees to hear Philadelphia faith-based adoption agency case

February 24, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

On February 24, 2020, the Supreme court agreed to hear an appeal brought against the city of Philadelphia by Catholic Social Services (CSS). The city has a standing policy of not referring foster children to CSS because CSS will not certify same-sex couples as foster parents.

Filed Under: Discrimination, Free Exercise, Religious Institutions

Supreme Court declines to hear Sabbath accommodation case

February 24, 2020 by Michael Peabody

Darrell Patterson - Photo from Becketfund media Kit

The Supreme court has decided against hearing a workplace accommodation case involving a Seventh-day Adventist, but hints that it may revisit employer accommodation standards in the future. 

Filed Under: Discrimination, Employment Law, Religious Accommodation, Supreme Court Tagged With: Hardison v. TWA, religious accommodation, religious freedom, religious liberty, Seventh-day Adventist, workplace religious fredom

Judge dismisses pension funding case against religious hospital chain

February 3, 2020 by Michael Peabody

This decision is a good primer on the actual harm element requirement needed in order to have standing in Federal Court.

Filed Under: Religious Institutions Tagged With: 12b6, Adventist Health, ERISA, Pension, Rule 12(b)(6), standing

Could a Supreme Court ruling requiring states to give religious schools voucher money kill voucher programs?

January 22, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Harvard Law professor Mark Tushnet argues in an interview published in Harvard Law Today (1/21/2020) that if the Supreme Court requires funding to go to both religious and secular schools, voters might reject voucher programs altogether. 

Filed Under: Education, Supreme Court

Dept. of Education Releases Guidance on Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Schools

January 17, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Here are the key points of the Dept. of Education’s Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Schools.

Filed Under: Education, Free Exercise Tagged With: Bible reading in school, freedom of religion, prayer in school, public education, religious education, religious freedom, religious liberty, student rights, teacher rights

“So help me God” and the jury – 11th Circuit rules juror who claimed “divine revelation” properly dismissed

January 13, 2020 by Michael Peabody

When jurors are selected for trial in Federal court, they are asked to adopt the phrase “so help me God.” What happens when they take that oath too seriously?

Filed Under: Church and State, Civic Religion Tagged With: juror misconduct, jury deliberations, oath, So Help Me God

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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.

Active Liberty - a survey of Justice Stephen Breyer's religion clause jurisprudence - Supreme Court

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.

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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Religion separated from the political control of the state can be a powerful force for public good. But religion used by the state to further its political purposes will ultimately destroy the state and compromise the effectiveness of the church.

— Lee Boothby, Esq.

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