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Court strikes down Louisiana law that abortion doctors must have admitting privileges at local hospital

Posted on June 29, 2020 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

This morning the Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The issue in June Medical Services LLC v. Russo, was whether this limit actually protected the health of pregnant women and wasn’t in place just to make it more difficult to have an abortion. This was very similar to the issue the Court last visited in 2016 (Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt) when it overturned a Texas abortion doctor admitting privileges requirement.

Judge dismisses pension funding case against religious hospital chain

Posted on February 3, 2020February 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.

Kentucky Court: Hands On Originals case dismissed – LGBTQ+ rights organization lacks standing

Posted on November 4, 2019November 4, 2019 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled that an organization that sued Hands On Originals (“Hands On”), a t-shirt print company, for discrimination lacked standing as an “individual” to pursue the claim.

7th Circuit Rules Challengers to Ministerial Housing Exemption Lacked Standing

Posted on November 17, 2014November 17, 2014 by Michael Peabody

On November 13, 2014, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an atheist group challenging a tax-exempt housing benefit only available to clergy lacked standing to bring the suit because members of the atheist group could not demonstrate that they had suffered an injury as a result of the clergy tax-exemption.