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Establishment Clause
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Religion Clause
Supreme Court Allows Bladensburg Cross To Remain In Flurry of Opinions
The U.S. Supreme Court today, in a case generating seven separate opinions spanning 87 pages, rejected an Establishment Clause challenge to the 94-year old Bladensburg Cross that serves as a…
PrawfsBlawg
Justice Gorsuch, standing, and the end of the Establishment Clause
Main Thursday, June 20, 2019Justice Gorsuch, standing, and the end of the Establishment ClauseJustice Gorusch, joined by Justice Thomas, concurred in the judgment in American Legion v. American Humanist Association.…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Decides Large Cross on Public Land in Maryland Does Not Violate Establishment Clause
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its fractured opinions in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association (consolidated with Maryland-National Park and Planning Commission…
Supreme Court Update
Gamble v. United States (No. 17-646), Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck (No. 17-702), Virginia Uranium v. Warren (No. 16-1275), Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill (No. 18-281)
By David R. Roth, Tadhg Dooley
Four more decisions this morning, including a couple of biggies. In American Legion v. American Humanist Association (No. 17-1717), the Court reversed the Fourth Circuit’s decision holding that a memorial…
Religion Clause
DC Circuit: House Can Exclude Secular Invocations
In Barker v. Conroy, (D Cir., April 19, 2019), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected an Establishment Clause challenge to the rule in the House of Representatives…
Religion Clause
In Settlement Agreement, Michigan Will Enforce LGBTQ Non-Discrimination Provisions Against Religious Adoption Agencies
As previously reported, last September a Michigan federal district court in Dumont v. Lyon held that same-sex couples can move ahead with their Establishment Clause and equal protection claims against the…
Religion Clause
Suit Challenging End of School Yoga Program Moves Ahead
AP reports that a Georgia federal district court judge refused Friday to dismiss an Establishment Clause suit against the Cobb County (GA) School District. The suit alleges the school district…
PrawfsBlawg
Even more on Judge Sutton
Main Friday, March 08, 2019Even more on Judge SuttonThis seemed too long for a comment to Gerard's post, so I will lay it out separately.The rights-violation prong in a qualified-immunity…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Hears Oral Argument in 40 Foot Cross Case and Establishment Clause
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn oral argument in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association, consolidated with Maryland-National Park and Planning Commission v.…
Subscript Law Blog
The American Legion v. American Humanist Association
Argument: February 27, 2019Petitioner Brief: The American Legion, et al.Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission Respondent Brief: American Humanist Association, et al. Court below: 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Will the…