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Establishment Clause
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RLUIPA Defense Blog
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog: Installation of Ten Commandments On City Hall Lawn is Government Speech, Violates First Amendment
By Evan Seeman, Dwight Merriam, John Peloso, Guest Contributor
Guest Post by Brian Connolly, Otten Johnson, PC Earlier this month, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Bloomfield, New Mexico’s installation of a Ten Commandments monument on the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ten Commandments at City Hall Violates Establishment Clause (even with other secular monuments)
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Tenth Circuit ruled last week in Felix v. City of Bloomfield that the city's monument to the Ten Commandments violated the Establishment Clause,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Divided Fourth Circuit Upholds County Commissioner’s Prayer
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawIn its divided opinion in Lund v. Rowan County, North Carolina, the Fourth Circuit has held that the identity…
RLUIPA Defense Blog
RLUIPA Defense/Rocky Mountain Sign Law Joint Blog Post: Pennsylvania Borough’s Church Directional Signs Did Not Violate the Establishment Clause
By Evan Seeman, Dwight Merriam, Guest Contributor
This post is co-authored with Brian Connolly of Otten Johnson Robinson Neff + Ragonetti, contributor author to the Rocky Mountain Sign Law (www.rockymountainsignlaw.com) blog. Late last month, a federal district…
Rocky Mountain Sign Law Blog
RLUIPA Defense/Rocky Mountain Sign Law Joint Blog Post: Pennsylvania Borough’s Church Directional Signs Did Not Violate the Establishment Clause
This post is authored as a joint post of the RLUIPA Defense (www.rluipa-defense.com) and Rocky Mountain Sign Law (www.rockymountainsignlaw.com) blogs. Evan Seeman of Robinson & Cole and Brian Connolly of…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Texas Attorney General Opinion: Prayer to Start Court Is Constitutional
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawControversial Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued an opinion today that the First Amendment's Establishment Clause is not violated…
PrawfsBlawg
Religious Accommodations and Third-Party Harms at Pepperdine
Main Saturday, March 12, 2016Religious Accommodations and Third-Party Harms at PepperdineI had an engaging and helpful conversation yesterday, in the context of two panels at an ongoing, fascinating conference at…
RLUIPA Defense Blog
Satanists Score Victory in Phoenix
By Evan Seeman, Dwight Merriam, John Peloso, Guest Contributor
The Phoenix City Council has voted to abolish a 65-year practice of opening meetings with religious prayer. Now, the meetings will begin with a moment of silence. The vote was…
Education Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Grants Certitorari in Case Challenging Denial of Grant Funds to Religious School
The U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Pauley, No. 15-577 (cert. grant. Jan. 15, 2016), which challenges Missouri's establishment clause barring the grant of public funds to…
RLUIPA Defense Blog
Nativity Scenes & Starbucks Coffee Cups Spark Holiday Controversy Across Nation
By Evan Seeman, Dwight Merriam, John Peloso, Guest Contributor
It wouldn’t be the holidays without controversial nativity scenes igniting lawsuits across the country. Generally, these lawsuits are brought under the Establishment Clause, alleging that the government illegally endorses one…