Click here to view original article www.justice.gov The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey filed a statement of interest today explaining that an Orthodox Jewish congregation’s claims under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) are ready to…
Trump, Biden and the old Christian nation: Letters
Click here to view original article www.ocregister.com This in response to the letter Nov. 15 from Mr. Welborn. First, he insinuated that, should Trump be elected in 2024, “the wall between church and state would crumble” because the Constitution would be superseded by the Christian Bible. No one person or…
Okla. Supreme Court won’t let state education dept. defend first religious charter school
Click here to view original article www.christianpost.com The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s superintendent of public instruction cannot intervene in a lawsuit against the state’s first religious charter school. In a decision last week, the high court denied the Oklahoma Department of Education and Superintendent Ryan Walters’…
Local Government Violates the Constitution by Charging Taxes Disguised as Fees, Church Claims in New Lawsuit
Click here to view original article www.dailysignal.com Inside of a church with a large cross A Texas church is suing the local government, claiming that “illegal excessive” fees to install a water tap violate the U.S. Constitution and the state’s religious freedom law . First Liberty Institute, a legal organization…
Religious School’s Beef With State AG Tests Coreligionist Policy
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…
Guests: Why a virtual Catholic school is no threat to religious liberty
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…
Supreme Court denies Walters’ effort to intervene in religious charter school case
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…
‘These are who we vote for,’ Puyallup pastor tells congregation. Did he break federal law?
Click here to view original article www.yahoo.com A Puyallup pastor endorsed two city council candidates from his pulpit Sunday, Oct. 29, in what appears to be a violation of the Johnson Amendment , a law that prohibits churches and other houses of religion from participating in political campaigns. Motion Church…
Texas Testing The First Amendment With Chaplains In Public Schools
Click here to view original article religionunplugged.com (ANALYSIS) In 1996, a school board in eastern Texas created a program called Clergy in Schools. Beaumont Independent School District recruited volunteer clergy to counsel K-12 students on topics such as self-esteem, peer pressure and violence. The goal, officials said, was to create…
Lawsuits challenge constitutional status of nation’s first Catholic charter school
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…
NCLA Amicus Brief Tells Ninth Circuit to End Calif. Ban on Special Ed. Funding for Religious Schools
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Sen. Mike Lee: Our right to religious freedom requires ceaseless defense
Click here to view original article www.deseret.com Alex Cochran, Deseret News The heartbeat of this nation is our unwavering commitment to religious freedom — the ability to pray and worship without persecution. The following remarks are adapted from a speech given by Sen. Mike Lee on Oct. 18 at the…
Perspectives: New COVID cases: religion and refusals
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…
Texas judge’s refusal to marry gay couples goes before state supreme court
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…
Federal judge blocks Colorado from enforcing medication abortion “reversal” ban against Catholic clinic
Click here to view original article www.denverpost.com Colorado can’t prohibit a Catholic health clinic from using a controversial medication abortion “reversal” treatment, a federal judge ruled over the weekend in a lawsuit that seeks to block the first-of-its-kind state law on religious freedom grounds. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Domenico…
Drummond files religion lawsuit
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…
Okla. Attorney General Files Lawsuit; Ryan Walters And Gov. Stitt Respond
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…
OK Attorney General files lawsuit over religious charter school
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…
Christian parents sue California over charter school ban on religious instruction
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…
LOCAL CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR TO SPEAK AT NEW ORLEANS SECULAR HUMANIST ASSOCIATION MEETING AT EAST BANK REGIONAL LIBRARY
Click here to view original article www.jeffparish.net NEWS RELEASE JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JEFFERSON, LA – Andrew L. Seidel, a constitutional attorney and author, will speak on the topic of “American Crusade: How the Supreme Court Is Weaponizing Religious Freedom ,” at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, October 21, 2023…
Smith & Tuttle on the Establishment Clause
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…
WashU Law Professors Review SCOTUS Cases for Constitution Day
Click here to view original article www.studlife.com Washington University School of Law professors speak at the U.S. Supreme Court Review on September 26th. (Isabelle Diaz｜Student Life) Washington University School of Law held a Constitution Day Supreme Court (SCOTUS) panel and discussed cases related to LGBTQ+ discrimination, affirmative action, voting rights,…
Legal fight over Oklahoma Catholic charter school draws help from national groups
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…
Legal fight over Oklahoma Catholic charter school draws help from national groups
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…
A Debate about Religious Liberty in America
Click here to view original article constitutioncenter.org How did America’s founders view religious liberty? What does it mean today? And to what does the Constitution require religious exemptions from generally applicable laws? Marci Hamilton , author of God vs. the Gavel: The Perils of Extreme Religious Liberty , and Michael…