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Click here to view original article www.newsweek.com A Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms remains blocked by an appellate court ruling on Wednesday. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a state request to temporarily halt in Baton Rouge that blocked state education officials…
Click here to view original article www.yahoo.com FILE – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks holds up a mini-display showing the Ten Commandments during a press conference regarding the Ten Commandments in schools Monday, Aug. 5, 2024, in Baton Rouge, La. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP, File) NEW ORLEANS (AP)…
Click here to view original article justthenews.com (The Center Square) – An Illinois trade organization has joined a legal challenge to a new law that restricts employers’ free speech rights in the workplace. The Schaumburg-based Technology and Manufacturing Association represents more than 800 small businesses in Illinois. The group has…
Click here to view original article religionnews.com (The Conversation) — Do the Ten Commandments have a valid place in U.S. classrooms? Louisiana’s Legislature and governor insist the answer is “yes.” But on Nov. 12, 2024, a federal judge said “no.” U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles blocked the state’s controversial…
Click here to view original article www.aol.com Jeffrey Schwab, attorney with the Liberty Justice Center ©Greg Bishop / The Center Square Jeffrey Schwab, attorney with the Liberty Justice Center ©Greg Bishop / The Center Square (The Center Square) – An Illinois trade organization has joined a legal challenge to a…
Click here to view original article theconversation.com Do the Ten Commandments have a valid place in U.S. classrooms? Louisiana’s Legislature and governor insist the answer is “yes.” But on Nov. 12, 2024, a federal judge said “no.” U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles blocked the state’s controversial House Bill 71…
Click here to view original article baptistnews.com A Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments be posted in every public classroom is “unconstitutional on its face” and may not go into effect Jan. 1 as state officials hoped, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles in Baton…
Click here to view original article www.usatoday.com Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry had a remarkably frivolous and flip response earlier this year to parents suing to stop his state’s mandate that every public school – from kindergarten to college – display a Protestant Christian version of the Ten Commandments. "Tell your…
Click here to view original article www.cbsnews.com A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Louisiana law that would have required public schools statewide to display the Ten Commandments in their classrooms by Jan. 1. U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles of Baton Rouge, who was appointed by former President Barack…
Click here to view original article news.yahoo.com Louisiana law that requires Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms deemed unconstitutional A federal judge has struck down a Louisiana law that required every public school and university classroom to display the Ten Commandments , drawing legal challenges from civil rights…
Click here to view original article news.google.com Texas students rally for School Choice_GettyImages-539724026 The United States has long struggled to determine where religion fits into an ostensibly secular public education system. Given religion’s, and particularly Christianity’s, crucial cultural role within American society, and education’s fundamental role in “ transmitting ”…
Click here to view original article www.seattletimes.com The Seattle Times’ Project Homeless is supported by BECU, Campion Foundation, Raikes Foundation and Seattle Foundation. The Seattle Times maintains editorial control over Project Homeless content. A federal court ruled Friday that a religious organization providing homelessness services in Yakima is temporarily allowed…
Click here to view original article www.ndsmcobserver.com Professor Richard Garnett gives a talk at the Notre Dame law school. Photo by Luka Vaicekauskaite / The Observer On Monday, Notre Dame Law school professor Richard W. Garnett delivered a timely lecture titled “Freedom of Religion in Catholic Teaching and Constitutional Law.”…
Click here to view original article www.ndsmcobserver.com Professor Richard Garnett gives a talk at the Notre Dame law school. Photo by Luka Vaicekauskaite / The Observer On Monday, Notre Dame Law school professor Richard W. Garnett delivered a timely lecture titled “Freedom of Religion in Catholic Teaching and Constitutional Law.”…
Click here to view original article www.hrw.org A Ukrainian flag in the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kozelets, Chernihivska region, on May 14, 2022 (Kyiv, October 30, 2024) – Ukraine’s new law banning religious organizations with ties to the Russian Orthodox…
Click here to view original article www.catholicnewsagency.com Credit: RasyidArt/Shutterstock CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 17:20 pm The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Monday in favor of a group of Jewish parents who argued that California is discriminating against religious parents and schools by excluding them from receiving…
Click here to view original article www.catholicnewsagency.com CNA Staff, Oct 28, 2024 / 17:20 pm The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously Monday in favor of a group of Jewish parents who argued that California is discriminating against religious parents and schools by excluding them from receiving funds from…
Click here to view original article baptistnews.com A federal judge said he will decide by Nov. 15 whether to temporarily block a Louisiana law requiring classroom displays of the Ten Commandments beginning Jan. 1. U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles heard oral arguments Oct. 21 in Roake v. Brumley ,…
Click here to view original article religionnews.com BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge heard arguments at a hearing Monday on whether he should temporarily block a new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1. Louisiana, a reliably…
Click here to view original article news.google.com BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge heard arguments at a hearing Monday on whether he should temporarily block a new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom by Jan. 1. Louisiana, a reliably…
Click here to view original article veritenews.org Attorney General Liz Murrill speaks with reporters following a hearing in a lawsuit challenging a state law that will require schools to post copies of the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Credit: Bobbi-Jeanne Misick Civil rights attorneys attempting to stop a new state law…
Click here to view original article www.catholicnewsagency.com The Catholic bishops are backing a suit by Apache Stronghold, a coalition of Native Americans and their supporters, in its lawsuit against the federal government. The lawsuit argues that the coalition’s freedom of religion was violated when the federal government announced its intention…
Click here to view original article www.ncregister.com Religious liberty scholars from the Notre Dame Law School, Seton Hall University, and the University of St. Thomas School of Law also filed a brief backing the Native Americans. Numerous other religious groups also filed amicus briefs. The Catholic bishops are backing a…
Click here to view original article news.yahoo.com People stand in line to tour the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., on Monday, when the court’s 2024-25 term started. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI Oct. 7 (UPI) — Native Americans trying to protect their sacred land, a Rastafarian prisoner…
Click here to view original article www.ncronline.org The U.S. Supreme Court building is pictured in Washington June 24. (OSV News/Reuters/Nathan Howard) The U.S. Supreme Court building is pictured in Washington June 24. (OSV News/Reuters/Nathan Howard) Staff Reporter View Author Profile Join the Conversation Send your thoughts to Letters to the…