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Justice Department Updates Guidance to Federal Agencies on Protecting Religious Liberty
2+ day, 12+ min ago (332+ words) Yesterday, the Attorney General issued a 26-page Memorandum to Executive Departments and Agencies (full text) on Federal Law Protections for Religious Liberty. The Memorandum updates and expands one issued in 2017 (see prior posting). According to a Justice Department press release:…...
9th Circuit: School Social Worker's Office Display Was Government Speech Subject to School Regulation
2+ day, 17+ min ago (175+ words) In Theis v. Intermountain Education Service District Board of Directors, (9th Cir., July 21, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision upheld an Oregon federal district court's determination that a school district could bar a school social worker from displaying, when students…...
9th Circuit: Trial Court Must Evaluate Penological Interest In Refusing to Replace Inmate's Arabic-Language Quran
2+ day, 22+ min ago (260+ words) In Kane v. Haynes, (9th Cir., July 23, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a district court's dismissal of a free exercise claim brought by a Muslim inmate against prison officials. The court said in part:While transferring then-inmate Ali Kane…...
Father's Suit Seeking Opt-Out for Son of Some Class Lessons Moves Ahead
3+ day, 22+ min ago (165+ words) In Alan L. v. Lexington Public Schools, (D MA, July 21, 2026), the father of a kindergartener sued seeking to opt his child out of classroom lessons and activities that deal with sexual orientation and gender identity and violate plaintiff's Christian religious beliefs. Last…...
9th Circuit: Inmate Loses Challenge to Kosher Food Program
3+ day, 17+ min ago (216+ words) In Hertel v. Thornell, (9th Cir., July 22, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of an Arizona prison inmate's challenges to the kosher diet he was receiving. The court said in part:The district court correctly held that Hertel’s Establishment Clause…...
9th Circuit: Plan to Convince Vaccination Objectors to Reconsider Did Not Show Hostility To Religion
4+ day, 22+ min ago (161+ words) In Seagraves v. Wahington State Department of Children, Youth and Families, (9th Cir., July 21, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of claims by 18 former employees of the Department of Children, Youth and Families who were separated from the agency after…...
Britain Proposes Reform of Laws on Religious and Non-Religious Marriage Ceremonies
5+ day, 22+ min ago (183+ words) On July 16, the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice published an Open Consultation Document titled Tying the Knot: Reforming Weddings Law in England and Wales (full text). The forward to the Document reads in part: Current weddings law is still built…...
Catholic Sisters Sue To Invalidate New York's Assisted Suicide Counseling Requirement
5+ day, 17+ min ago (179+ words) 15. First, the First Amendment’s protected sphere of church autonomy requires the government to respect and stay out of matters of governance within religious institutions, such as how the Catholic Church chooses to implement its beliefs on the sanctity of human…...
Texas Court Holds That Hindu Temple's Bylaws Are Invalid
6+ day, 17+ min ago (346+ words) In Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple of Austin v. Lam, (TX Bus. Ct., July 14, 2026), the Texas Business Court's holding that a non-profit corporation's Certificate of Formation controls over by-laws that conflict with the Certificate of Formation settled a complex battle over…...
Pastor's Suit for Breach of Contract and Defamation Is Dismissed Under Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine
1+ week, 2+ day ago (188+ words) In Lovelace v. Mt. Zion Baptist Church, (MI App., July 15, 2026), a Michigan state appellate court, invoking the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine, affirmed a trial court's dismissal of contract and defamation claims by a pastor whose employment contract was cancelled by a vote…...