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Religious Expression
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Religion Clause
Michigan Prisons Implement Settlement Agreement on Religious Practices
In a press release yesterday, the Department of Justice announced that Michigan correctional authorities have now fully implemented prison reforms required by a 2021 settlement agreement. DOJ had alleged that…
The Right Coast
Navajo Nation objects to a plan to send human remains to the moon : NPR
A plan to deposit some human remains on the moon as part of a rocket launch that blasted off early Monday morning is prompting criticism from the head of the…
School Law
CAS Legal Mailbag – 11/30/23
Originally appeared in the CAS Weekly Newsletter Dear Legal Mailbag: I am not sure if this is a legal issue, but here’s my question. One of the teachers in my school…
Religion Clause
Court OK’s Police Department’s Rejection of Religious-Themed Flags and Uniform Patches
In Sangervasi v. City of San Jose, (ND CA, May 22, 2023), a California federal district court dismissed a suit by a police officer William Sangervasi who challenged the police department's…
Religion Clause
DOE Updates Guidance on Prayer In Public Schools
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education issued an updated Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools. The Guidance document points out that the Elementary…
Religion Clause
Certiorari Denied in Challenge to Police Department Prayer Vigil
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in City of Ocala, Florida v. Rojas, (Docket No. 22-278, certiorari denied 3/6/2023) (Order List.) In the case the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals…
Religion Clause
Christian Teacher Did Not Show That Her Removal Was Retaliation for Protected Speech or Beliefs
In Barr v. Tucker (SD GA, Feb. 21, 2023), a Georgia federal district court denied a preliminary injunction to plaintiff whose position as a substitute elementary school teacher was terminated after…
Bench & Bar of Minnesota
Live Wire: The law, Orthodox Judaism, and Minnesota’s eruvim
By Minnesota State Bar Association
By Judah A. Druck judah.druck@maslon.com What is a “domain”? As an insurance coverage attorney often tasked with interpreting individual policy terms, I would answer by looking at the usual suspects:…
Religion Clause
En Banc rehearing Denied in Challenge to Courtroom Invocations
In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Mack, (5th Cir., Dec. 2, 2022), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals by a vote of 12-3 denied an en banc rehearing in…
Tucker Arensberg Blog
High School Football Coach’s Mid-Field, Post-Game Prayer Ruled Protected Speech
Matthew M. Hoffman, Esq., mhoffman@tuckerlaw.com, (412) 594-3910 Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, 597 U.S. __ (2022) (The United States Supreme Court concludes that a coach praying at mid-field following a…