The Department of Justice this week filed suit in a California federal district court seeking to enjoin the California correctional system from requiring its peace officers to be clean shaven in contravention of their sincerely held religious beliefs. The problem
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California’s Removal of Personal Belief Exemption from School Immunization Requirement Is Upheld
In Royce v. Bonta, (SD CA, March 25, 2024), a California federal district court upheld the constitutionality of a law enacted by California in response to a 2015 measles outbreak. The law removed the personal belief exemption, but retained…
Supreme Court Hears Oral ArgumentsToday On Abortion Pill Restrictions
The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments today in two related cases– FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine and Danco Laboratories, LLC v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. At issue is the FDA’s actions in 2016 and 2021 regarding the…
Interference With Contractual Relationship Created by Jewish Marriage Contract Is Not Actionable
In S.E. v. Edelstein, (OH App., March 25, 2024), an Ohio state appellate court affirmed the dismissal of a suit for intentional interference with a contractual relationship brought by an Orthodox Jewish wife (Kimberly) against her father-in-law (Max) who…
Denial of Religious Exemption from Vaccine Mandate Did Not Violate Title VII or Constitution
In White v. University of Washington, (WD WA, March 22, 2024), a Washington federal district court rejected Title VII as well as constitutional challenges brought by a healthcare worker who was denied a religious exemption from Washington’s Covid vaccine…
Denial of Church’s Property Tax Exemption Did Not Violate RLUIPA
In Sandstrom v. Wendell, (WD NY, March 22, 2024), a New York federal district court rejected RLUIPA challenges to local tax officials’ denial of a tax exemptions for two properties owned and converted to religious use by the Church…
Religious Marriage Without Marriage License and Later Annulled by Religious Court Is Still Recognized By New York
In T.I. v. R.I., (NY Sup Ct Kings Cty, March 20, 2024), a New York state trial court held that the state would recognize a couple’s marriage that was performed in a Jewish religious ceremony even though the couple…
Court Enforces Arbitration Award Requiring Husband to Furnish Jewish Bill of Divorce
In S.I. v. M.I., (NJ App., March 22, 2024), a New Jersey state appellate court held that a husband was required to comply with an arbitration agreement he had signed that required him to accept Rabbi David Twersky’s decision…