CAIR-Michigan announced yesterday that a settlement has been reached with the city of Ferndale in a suit charging the Ferndale police department with forcibly removing a Muslim woman’s hijab for a booking photo after her arrest:… Ferndale and Bowe have
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3rd Circuit: Accommodation Of Sabbath Observer Would Create Undue Hardship Fo Postal Service
In Groff v. DeJoy, (3d Cir., May 25, 2022), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held that accommodating a Sunday sabbath observer by allowing him not to report for work on Sunday would cause…
6th Circuit En Banc Dismisses Mask Mandate Challenge As Moot
In Resurrection School v. Hertel, (6 Cir., May 25, 2022), an en banc panel of the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held by a vote of 13-1-3 that a free exercise challenge to Michigan’s COVID mask mandate for…
Certiorari Denied In Synagogue Picketers Case
On May 16, the U.S. Supreme Court denied review in Gerber v. Herskovitz, (Docket No, 21-1263, certiorari denied, 5/16/2022) (Order List). In the case, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a suit by synagogue members against anti-Israel…
Suit Challenging Bible In Schools Program Is Settled
An Order of Dismissal was entered last week in Freedom From Religion Foundation v. Mercer County Board of Education, (SD WV, May 16, 2022). According to Christian Post, in January 2019 the school board ended the Bible In The…
Three Chabad Rabbis Are On Russia’s List Of Those Banned From Travel To Russia
As reported by Axios, Russia last Saturday released a list of 963 Americans who are banned from traveling to Russia in retaliation for American sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. JTA reports that included in the list…
University’s Vaccine Mandate Did Not Violate Free Exercise Rights Of Students
In America’s Frontline Doctors v. Wilcox, (CD CA, May 5, 2022), a California federal district court dismissed the associational plaintiff for lack of standing and rejected individual plaintiffs’ free exercise challenge (as well as their other challenges) to the…
Anti-SLAPP Motion Denied In Suit Against Archdiocese Over Priest’s Molestation of Children
In Ratcliff v. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles, (CA App., May 19, 2022), a California state appellate court affirmed the denial of an anti-SLAPP motion sought by the Los Angeles Archdiocese. The court explained:Seven adults allege they were…
Report Ranks Large Corporations’ Commitment To Religious Diversity and Inclusion
New York Enacts One-Year Window To Bring Old Adult Sex Abuse Cases
Yesterday New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed S66A (full text), a bill which creates a one-year window to bring previously time-barred civil actions for sexual assaults that were committed on an adult. New York Post reports on the bill.…