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Establishment Clause
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Employment Discrimination Report
It’s Festivus for the Rest of Deerfield Beach, Florida
Fed up with the fact his town had a nativity and menorah display each year at the holidays despite the fact that he believed it violated the First Amendment's Establishment…
School Law
A Texas Judge Allows Religious Messages on Banners
Cheerleaders in Kountze, Texas have a practice of putting Bible verses on the banners they hold up at football games. Banners have been painted with phrases such as “If God…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
D.C. Circuit Says Navy Chaplains Have Standing to Challenge Promotion Policies
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A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit ruled in In re Navy Chaplaincy that Navy chaplains have standing to lodge their Establishment Clause claims against the Navy's chaplain promotion policies.…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Daily Read: Arlen Specter on the Wall Between Church and State
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Senator Arlen Specter (pictured), who died yesterday, was known for his involvement with many constitutional law issues including Supreme Court Justice nominations. He also had a few things to say…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Remands USDA Loan Denial for Religion Clause Evaluation
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Judge Reggie Walton (D.D.C.) remanded a religious service organization's appeal of its denial of a USDA loan to the agency for review of the constitutional claims involved in the appeal. …
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Sixth Circuit Rules on Median Creche
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The Sixth Circuit ruled today in Satawa v. Macomb County Road Commission that the Commission's rejection of a permit for a private display of a creche in the median of a…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Seventh Circuit En Banc: Violation of Establishment Clause to Hold High School Graduation in Church
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In its en banc opinion today in Doe v. Elmbrook School District, the Seventh Circuit en banc found a First Amendment Establishment Clause violation when two high schools held their graduation…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Zelinsky: Do Religious Tax Exemptions Entangle in Violation of the Establishment Clause?
Edward A. Zelinsky (Cardozo) has posted Do Religious Tax Exemptions Entangle in Violation of the Establishment Clause? The Constitutionality of the Parsonage Allowance Exclusion and the Religious Exemptions of the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Christian-Dominated Town Prayer Violates Establishment Clause
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The Second Circuit, in its opinion today in Galloway v. Town of Greece, found that the town meetings practice of legislative prayer since 1999 "impermissibly affiliated the town with a single…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Establishment Clause Challenge to Solemnization of Marriage Law in Indiana
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Indiana, like most states, allows state officials, judges, and certain religious officials to "officiate" at marriage ceremonies, performing the legal requirement often called solemnization. In popular understandings, this is the…