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Court rules agency can decide if employers must provide contraceptive coverage

July 10, 2020 by Michael Peabody

Supreme Court sidesteps the free exercise claim and grants government agencies the power to determine whether to apply the ACA contraceptive mandates to employers. 

Filed Under: Abortion / Contraception, Current Events, Health, Supreme Court Tagged With: Donald Trump, Hobby Lobby, Joseph Biden, Little Sisters of the Poor

Federal Court: Trump’s “Conscience Act” exceeds authority but does not violate the Establishment Clause

November 6, 2019 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Federal courts and abortion laws

In a 147-page ruling issued today, New York Federal Judge Paul Engelmayer found that the Trump administration’s “conscience act” exceeded the president’s authority but did not violate the Establishment Clause. Given its procedural defects, the rule was invalidated in its entirety. 

Filed Under: Abortion / Contraception, Assisted Suicide, Current Events, Free Exercise, Health Tagged With: conscience act, Donald Trump, executive authority, right of conscience

Moves by both sides make citizen journalism an endangered species

April 11, 2018 by Michael Peabody

Censorship - DepositPhotos.com

Regulation of online speech is marching forward from both the left and the right, and it may only be a matter of time until free expression on the Internet becomes a thing of the past.

Filed Under: Constitution, Free Speech Tagged With: Diane Feinstein, Donald Trump, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Richard Pan, SB-1424, SB1424, Twitter

New Law – California will not participate in any federal religious registry

October 17, 2017 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

California Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law that will prevent state and local agencies and employees from disclosing information about a person’s religious beliefs to the federal government for use in creating a database for law enforcement or religious purposes.

Filed Under: Human Rights Tagged With: Donald Trump, Japanese Internment, Muslim ban, religious database, religious discrimination

Trump order essentially affirms Johnson Amendment

May 8, 2017 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The White House building in Washington, DC–© AndreyKr- DepositPhotos.com

Last Thursday, President Donald Trump marked the National Day of Prayer with an executive order that at most expressed the administration’s desire that the Department of the Treasury should not unnecessarily threaten the tax-exempt status of religious non-profit organizations if they engage in political activity. Despite stating during the campaign that he would “destroy” the Johnson Amendment, the administration ultimately made a benign gesture affirming existing law while describing its parameters and limits.

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, Free Speech Tagged With: Donald Trump, executive order, Johnson Amendment, religious freedom, religious liberty

Vetting the Veeps: Pence and Kaine on Religious Liberty

July 22, 2016 by Michael Peabody

This week, both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have chosen relatively centrist running mates who are not well known outside of their states. Both Trump and Clinton, who have been battling high disapproval ratings and facing a close election in November, have made “safe picks.” But how do the vice presidential candidates compare when it comes to religious liberty?

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: Catholic, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Indiana, Mike Pence, Religion, religious freedom, religious liberty, Tim Kaine, Virginia

Trump promises to repeal ban on church campaigning in GOP acceptance speech

July 22, 2016 by Michael Peabody

Contrary to Trump’s representation, the voices of individual church members, or even church employees, have not “been taken away.” Instead, they may independently advocate for or against any candidates of their choosing, but they cannot use their houses of worship as vehicles for doing so.

Filed Under: Church and State, Politics Tagged With: 501(c)(3), Donald Trump, Johnson Amendment, tax-exemption

Why a candidate’s support for the free exercise clause matters

July 5, 2016 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will do more to defend the Free Exercise Clause is an important factor in deciding which candidate to support.

Filed Under: Constitution, Politics Tagged With: Christian Mingle, Donald Trump, Free Exercise Clause, Hillary Clinton

“I’m on your side,” Trump tells fawning evangelicals

June 22, 2016 by Michael Peabody

Yesterday, in a typical, stream-of-consciousness, rant about his self-perceived greatness, Donald Trump told an assembly of over 900 evangelical leaders in New York that he supports them.

Filed Under: Politics, Religion Tagged With: Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Doug Batchelor, evangelicals

Federal bill introduced to prohibit religion-based denial of immigration

May 25, 2016 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

On May 12, Rep. Donald Beyer (D-Va) and 103 co-sponsors introduced legislation that would prohibit immigration authorities from refusing to admit aliens on the basis of religion or lack of religion.

Filed Under: Immigration, Legal Issues, Legislation Tagged With: Congress, Donald Beyer, Donald Trump, Immigration, Religion, religious freedom, religious liberty, U.S. Congress

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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.

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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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“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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