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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…
JURIST
White House ban on CNN, MS NOW, Politico faces constitutional challenge
By Publisher
Three news outlets banned from the White House have sued the Trump administration Monday, claiming their exclusion from the White House violates their rights to free speech and due process President…
Religion Clause
Journalist Sues Dearborn for Favoring Muslims Over Christians and Jews
Suit was filed yesterday in a Michigan federal district court by a journalist who is a resident of Dearborn, Michigan, alleging that the city of Dearborn has violated the 1st…
Legal History Blog
Barbas's "Hate Speech"
By Dan Ernst
Samantha Barbas, University of Iowa Law, has published Hate Speech: The Legal and Cultural History of an American Dilemma (University of California Press). She is also blogging on the book…
RIPS Law Librarian Blog
Guest Post – Law for Librarians’ Intellectual Freedom Symposium: Law Librarians Collaborate with the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom to Protect First Amendment Rights
Guest post by Sue Silverman, NYU School of Law In June 2026, just before the ALA’s annual conference, the Office for Intellectual Freedom at ALA hosted its inaugural Law for…
Religion Clause
Court Allows Suit by Jewish School Denied Zoning Approval to Move Ahead
Bet Midrash Ohr Hachayim Hakadosh, Inc., v. City of Hollywood, Florida, (FL Bkr., Aug. 28, 2026), is a civil rights action being pursued in federal bankruptcy court because plaintiff is in…
Religion Clause
Compliance With Building Code Does Not Impose Substantial Burden on Plaintiff’s Religious Exercise
In Hadez v. City of Springfield, Illinois, (CD IL, Aug. 28, 2026), a state trial court had ordered plaintiff to cease residing in structures on his property that inspectors found to…
Wait A Second!
No free speech claim after school directed teacher to remove gay pride flag from classroom
By secondcircuitcivilrightsblogsecondcircuitcivilrig
The Court of Appeals has ruled that a school teacher in Suffolk County did not have the First Amendment right to post pride flags and stickers in her classroom, and…
Law & Humanities Blog
Galanis on Roger Williams and Religious Liberty: Conscience, Civil Jurisdiction and the Constitutional Separation of Church and State
By christinecorcoslawlit-blogspot-com
Panagiotis Galanis, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, has published Roger Williams and Religious Liberty: Conscience, Civil Jurisdiction and the Constitutional Separation of Church and State. Here is the abstract. Roger…