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Plaintiffs Ask Court to Add Constitutional Claims Against SB 54 to Their SB 343 Challenge
By Sheila Millar, Antonia Stamenova-Dancheva
On October 8, 2026, Plaintiffs in California League of Food Producers v. Bonta (S.D. Cal.) asked the Court for permission to file a Second Amended Complaint (SAC) in their legal…
Religion Clause
Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine Leads to Dismissal of Complaint By 37 Churches Over Disaffiliation Rules
In Methodist Church of Cape St. Claire v. Baltimore Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church, (MD App., Oct. 5, 2026), a Maryland state appellate court held that the ecclesiastical…
Religion Clause
Pennsylvania Supreme Court: 1st Amendment Free Exercise Claim Requires "Burden", Not "Substantial Burden" On Religious Practice
In Alsyrawan v. Department of Human Services, (PA Sup. Ct., Oct. 5, 2026), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that to show a 1st Amendment free exercise violation, litigants only need to…
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Plaintiff lose political affiliation case
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The Court of Appeals holds that three Program Integrity Officers who worked for the Orange County Sheriff cannot sue for First Amendment/political affiliation retaliation because they held political jobs, which…
Truth on the Market
No Country for Young Posters: Social Media Bans Outrun the Evidence
By Ben Sperry
Governments around the world are rushing to address the youth mental health crisis, with social media squarely in their sights. From Capitol Hill to Paris to Sydney, lawmakers are proposing…
cearta.ie
Tropical Censorship (and why repeal of the Censorship of Publications Acts is – sadly – still not imminent).
By Eoin
In an article in the Irish Times last week, Christopher Burke describes a journey from Galway, where he grew up and where he had just buried his brother, to Bogotá,…
Gibson Dunn
Ted Boutrous Interviewed by NPR on White House Press Access Case
Partner Ted Boutrous was interviewed by NPR on a temporary restraining order restoring White House access to clients CNN, MS NOW, and POLITICO. He called it “a fundamental free-speech and…
Religion Clause
Oklahoma Cannot Require State-Funded Charter Schools to Be Secular
In National Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation v. Shellem, (WD OK, Sept. 24, 2026), an Oklahoma federal district court issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting Oklahoma from enforcing a provision…
Kirakosian Law Blog
Can Police Arrest You for Asking If They Have Reasonable Suspicion?
Two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies had already agreed my client was free to go to his room and sleep. Then he asked them one lawful question: “Do you have…
Religion Clause
Dispute Over Access to A Rabbinical Court Lands on Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket
Last week, an Emergency Application (full text) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a stay pending appellate review in Strulovich v. Bain, (Sup. Ct., filed 9/17/2026). The case involves a…