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Establishment Clause
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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal District Judge Rules Exemption of Housing as Clergy Income Violates Establishment Clause
Judge Barbara Crabb (pictured) of the Western District of Wisconsin concluded in her opinion in Freedom from Religion Foundation v. Lew that 26 U.S.C. § 107(2) violates the establishment clause…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Oral Arguments in Town of Greece v Galloway: Can the Town Council Ask Those Attending to Bow Their Heads and Pray?
The Court today heard oral arguments in Town of Greece v. Galloway regarding a New York town's practice of opening its council meetings with prayers, the large majority of which…
Education Law Prof Blog
John Taylor on Pennsylvania’s Bill Requiring Schools to Display “In God We Trust”
By Derek Black
The Pennsylvania’s House EducationCommittee has passed a bill (the “National Motto Display Act”) that wouldrequire all public schools to display the words “In God We Trust.” It is not yet clear…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Permanently Enjoins Oklahoma’s Anti-Sharia Constitutional Amendment
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District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange (W.D.Okl.) today permanently enjoined the Oklahoma state constitutional amendment that would forbid Oklahoma courts from considering Sharia law, international law, or "the legal precepts of other…
Education Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court grants cert in government prayer case; mum on challenge to high school graduations in churches
The U.S. Supreme Court granted cert yesterday in agovernment prayer case that could implicate religious expression during school boardmeetings. In Town of Greece v. Galloway,a New York town's practice of…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
N.C. Bill Takes on First Amendment, Supremacy, Judicial Review–All in One Fell Swoop
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North Carolina lawmakers introduced a bill earlier this week that declares the state exempt from the First Amendment's Establishment Clause. The bill is apparently a reaction to an ACLU suit…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Federal Judge Rejects Challenge to WTC Cross in September 11 Memorial and Museum
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In her opinion in American Atheists v. Port of Authority of NY and NJ Judge Deborah Batts of the Southern District of New York rejected a challenge to the plan to…
Land Use Prof Blog
Ngov on Selling Land and Religion
Eang L. Ngov (Barry) has posted Selling Land and Religion, Kansas Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 1, 2012 . The abstract:Thousands of religious monuments have been donated to cities and towns. Under…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Establishment Clause Challenge to Government Contract with Bishops Moot
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The First Circuit ruled today in ACLU of Massachusetts v. Sebelius that the ACLUM's Establishment Clause challenge to a government contract with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops was moot after…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
No Aid, Establishment of Religion in Lease to Boy Scouts
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A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit ruled this week in Barnes-Wallace v. City of San Diego that the City's lease to the Boy Scouts for property to use for youth…