Religion and the Law
No Establishment Clause Violation in Display of Taoist “Bagua Mirror”
From Magistrate Judge Autumn Spaeth (C.D. Cal.) Nov. 26 in Ngo v. City of Westminster (appeal pending); Westminster is a majority-Asian suburb of L.A. (in Orange County): The following SAC allegations are substantively…
California Policy Limiting Teachers’ Disclosure to Parents of Student’s Changed Gender Identity Violates First Amendment, Court Holds
The introduction to today's long opinion by Judge Roger Benitez in Mirabelli v. Olson (S.D. Cal.):Historically, school teachers informed parents of physical injuries or questions about a student's health and…
Court Allows Mother’s Relocation with Son to Saudi Arabia Because Son and Both Parents Are Muslim
In Coffee County (Alabama) Circuit Court Judge Henry T. Reagan II's decision Nov. 19 in Wasmiah v. Raymond, a divorcing "husband request a court order preventing the wife from relocating the minor child to Saudi…
Court Allows Mother’s Relocation with Son to Saudi Arabia, Partly Because Son and Both Parents Are Muslim
In Coffee County (Alabama) Circuit Court Judge Henry T. Reagan II's decision Nov. 19 in Wasmiah v. Raymond, a divorcing "husband request a court order preventing the wife from relocating the minor child to Saudi…
Arizona Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Plot Targeting Christian Churches
From a Justice Department statement issued Nov. 7, but just posted on Westlaw: Zimnako Salah, 46, of Phoenix, Arizona, was sentenced today in the Eastern District of California to six years in prison in connection with his…
University’s Apparent Concealment of Real Reasons for Non-Renewal of Adjunct Professor’s Contract Suspended Statute of Limitations
From Friday's Report and Recommendation by Magistrate Judge Michael Ambri (D. Ariz.) in Grossenbach v. Arizona Bd. of Regents: The plaintiff in this action, Daniel Grossenbach, founded an organization named SaveCFSD,…
No Emergency Order Allowing Worship Service in Possibly Unsafe Barn
From Vaughn v. Harrison County, decided Friday by Judge Taylor McNeel (S.D. Miss.): Yesterday, Rev. John Vaughn filed this lawsuit seeking to have fifty people attend a worship service in a barn on his private property.…
Lawsuit Challenging Trump Executive Order on “Divisive Race-Centered Ideology”—and Seeking Trump’s Lung—Dismissed
From Jeanpierre v. Trump, decided Tuesday by Magistrate Judge Daphne Oberg (D. Utah): Mr. Jeanpierre is the founder of a religious organization called the Black Flag….He claims President Trump's Executive Order 14253…
Any 2024-25 Journal Articles on Law and Religion That You Particularly Liked?
If so, consider nominating them for this award, by Dec. 15; note that the award is limited to relatively junior faculty members: The AALS Section on Law and Religion seeks nominations for the 2025 Harold Berman Award for…
End Times for Lawsuit Against End Times Preacher
From the Complaint in Diver v. Cote, which alleged intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress, fraudulent misrepresentation, and an unfair and deceptive trade practice: The Defendants produce and distribute…
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