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Click here to view original article news.bloomberglaw.com An entrance to Seattle Pacific University in displayed. University says AG probe violates First Amendment rights Appeals ruling that it lacked standing, suit intruded on state The Ninth Circuit on Thursday will explore what may be the next frontier in the workplace clash…
Click here to view original article www.kmov.com Circuit Judge Jason Sengheiser heard arguments Thursday in a case brought by clergy challenging Missouri’s abortion ban.(Robert Cohen, Post-Dispatch | Pool photo by Robert Cohen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch) ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) – More than a year after Missouri’s near-total ban on abortion…
Click here to view original article www.oklahoman.com Guest columnists Three members of the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board tell why they think a virtual Catholic school is no threat to religious liberty. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board’s recent vote approving St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School was…
Click here to view original article www.oklahoman.com Oklahoma Supreme Court The Oklahoma Supreme Court has denied a request by State schools Superintendent Ryan Walters to intervene in a lawsuit filed by state Attorney General Gentner Drummond seeking to stop the creation of what would be the nation’s first religious charter…
Click here to view original article paisano-online.com Storm Goodman The boundaries between religious freedom, the separation of church and state and the principles of public institutions have been debated for years. In the United States, the First Amendment assures the free exercise of any religion, yet it also prohibits the…
Click here to view original article catholicreview.org Oklahoma’s Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond sued Oct. 20, 2023, to challenge the constitutionality of the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approving the funding of a religious charter school. The board approved an application for the school submitted by the Archdiocese of…
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Click here to view original article news.google.com On October 18, the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board executed a contract with St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, creating the nation’s first religious charter school. The board approved St. Isidore’s application earlier this year. Enforcing Oklahoma’s ban on religious charter…
Click here to view original article minnlawyer.com Depositphotos.com image “COVID-19 has threatened the lives and livelihoods of everyone on this planet.” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general, World Health Organization The recent uptick of COVID was a stark reminder that the affliction still exists. So, too, are COVID-related cases, including ones…
Click here to view original article www.texastribune.org McLennan County Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley has waged a battle against the State Commission on Judicial Conduct after it issued a public warning against her for refusing to perform same-sex marriages. Sign up for The Brief , The Texas Tribune’s daily…
Click here to view original article angelusnews.com The Oklahoma attorney general filed a lawsuit, claiming the St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Charter School, which would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school, violates the state’s religious liberty protections. (OSV News/Chris Porter, courtesy of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma) The…
Click here to view original article www.pawhuskajournalcapital.com Oklahoma’s attorney general on Friday, Oct. 20 filed a lawsuit against what he characterized as a violation of the religious freedom rights of the state’s residents. Attorney General Gentner Drummond sued the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board for approving what would be…
Click here to view original article www.news9.com The Oklahoma attorney general has filed a lawsuit against publicly funded religious school. Governor Kevin Stitt and State Superintendent Ryan Walters responded. OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a lawsuit regarding the first ever publicly funded religious charter school. Drummond…
Click here to view original article news.yahoo.com OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma Attorney General has filed a lawsuit over the controversial religious public charter school saying it violates the state and U.S. Constitutions. Attorney General brought the suit against the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board for approving what…
Click here to view original article www.christianpost.com A group of Christian parents have filed a lawsuit against California over a charter school policy prohibiting the inclusion of religious materials in homeschool study programs. The parents of school-aged children who participate in the independent study programs of Blue Ridge Academy and…
Click here to view original article journalrecord.com The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board meets Monday at the Oklahoma History Center to consider a charter contract for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Charter School. The board voted 3-2 to approve the contract. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice) Listen to this…
Click here to view original article www.enidnews.com The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board meets Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, at Oklahoma History Center to consider a charter contract for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Charter School. ( Nuria Martinez-Keel / Oklahoma Voice) OKLAHOMA CITY — The nation’s first Catholic charter…
Click here to view original article www.oklahoman.com Oklahoma Voice The nation’s first Catholic charter school cleared its final bureaucratic hurdle and could open next year, barring a court order forbidding it. St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Charter School will be the first state-funded religious school. The school, created by the…
Click here to view original article lsolum.typepad.com Peter J. Smith (George Washington University – Law School) & Robert W. Tuttle (George Washington University Law School) have posted Establishment Clause Mythology on SSRN. Here is the abstract: For 75 years, the Supreme Court’s opinions have reflected stark conflict between two competing…
Click here to view original article news.yahoo.com Laura Schuler, senior director for Catholic Education at Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, and Michael Scaperlanda, chancellor for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, present a proposal for the nation’s first publicly funded Catholic charter school earlier this year at a meeting of the Oklahoma…
Click here to view original article www.oklahoman.com The two sides squaring off over public funding for a Catholic charter school in Oklahoma have lawyered up. Already, 27 attorneys from six states and Washington, D.C., have signed on for the battle , which is in Oklahoma County now but may ultimately…
Click here to view original article www.poncacitynow.com OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KOKH) — The Oklahoma State Department of Education and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters (R) have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. Motion to dismiss lawsuit regarding St.…
Click here to view original article news.bloomberglaw.com Religious entity’s liability for non-religious bias at issue Drastic impacts forecast regardless of outcome on appeal The Fourth Circuit will be the latest court to examine the interplay between federal job discrimination law and religious freedom protections when it hears arguments Wednesday in…
Click here to view original article firstliberty.org Share: Insider 2023 09 15 A4 1200×630 V1 This week, First Liberty—along with our friends at the Church State Council and the law firm Baker Botts LLP—filed a petition in our Faith Under Fire case involving Fire Chief Ron Hittle. Last month, a…
Click here to view original article www.christianpost.com Getty Images The city of Jacksonville, Florida, has agreed to exempt a Catholic bookstore from an LGBT nondiscrimination law, thereby enabling the establishment to operate in accordance with its religious beliefs about gender and sexuality. Last Thursday, the city of Jacksonville and Queen…