Topic
Religious Expression
144 published works
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Thousands of children are going to hell because a priest used the wrong word.
By Greg Storey
As if the world doesn’t have enough bullshit going on now a bunch of parents are scrambling to save their child’s soul. And a good man is shamed into quitting…
Religion Clause
Trial Set On Why Street Preachers Were Removed From Gay Pride Event
In Waldrop v. City of Johnson City, Tennessee,(ED TN, Jan. 26, 2022), a Tennessee federal district court, in a case on remand from the 6th Circuit, set for trial a…
K-12 Legal Insights
Livin’ on a Prayer: Supreme Court to Hear Case of Football Coach who Lost Job for Praying
By John W. Borkowski, Aleks Ostojic Rushing, Claire Young
On January 14, 2022, the Supreme Court granted certiorari to determine whether a school district was within its rights in telling a coach not to continue to kneel and pray…
The Right Coast
Improve the Mass in One Simple Step Kill the Ditties
But people with ears of any kind can hardly disagree with my very basic assertion that the short, impossibly complex songs let s call them ditties played during modern Catholic…
Religion Clause
Court Will Hear Arguments Today In "Christian Flag" Case
The U.S. Supreme Court this morning will hear oral arguments in Shurtleff v. City of Boston. In the case, the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, applying the "government speech"…
Religion Clause
Supreme Court Grants Review In Case Of Football Coach’s Praying At 50-Yard Line
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, (Docket No. 21-418, cert. granted, 1/14/2022). (Order List.) In the widely followed case, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of…
A Lawyer's Blog
WHEN RELIGION AND LIFESTYLE CONFLICT IN DIVORCE
Weichman v. Weichman, 2021 NY Slip Op 6211 - NY: Appellate Div., 2nd Dept. 2021:"DECISION & ORDERORDERED that the interlocutory judgment is modified, on the law, by deleting the provision…
School Law
CAS Legal Mailbag Question of the Week – 12/16/2021
Dear Legal Mailbag: As the principal of an elementary school (let’s call it Acorn Elementary for fun), I like to promote a friendly atmosphere for students and staff. But the…
The Right Coast
Gen Z students are less educated, more depressed and lack values
He also bemoans the evaporation of religious life. While only 2 percent of Americans identified themselves as atheists in 1984, that number was 22 percent by 2020. A college religion…
Religion Clause
9th Circuit: Arizona Prison Rules Did Not Substantially Burden Inmate’s Religious Exercise
In Yokois v. Ryan, (9th Cir., July 30, 2021), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of an Arizona inmate's 1st Amendment and RLUIPA claims. The court…