“Rastafarian church in Downtown Madison distributes cannabis as city tries to stop it” Wisconsin State Journal reports here.
Category: Free Exercise Clause
Utah Ct. App.: Mail-in vote violates incorporated denominational governing documents, break-away from UMC invalid
Religion Clause covers the decision in Laumalie Ma’oni’oni Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga v. Ma’afu, No. 2019 UT App. 41 (Utah Ct. App., March 21, 2019), here.
Mich. Ct. App.: Ecclesiastical abstention requires deference to hierarchical church
Religion Clause covers Holy Trinity Romanian Orthodox Monastery v. Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, (Mich. Ct. App. Mar. 19, 2019), here.
D. S.C.: Change That Allows Using Civic Center for Worship Services Moots Injunctive Relief, But Not Damages
D. S.C.: Change That Allows Using Civic Center for Worship Services Moots Injunctive Relief, But Not Damages. Religion Clause covers the decision here.
“Pastor Sues to Access Homeless Encampment”
“Pastor Sues to Access Homeless Encampment” Religion Clause covers the story here.
Coverage of Masterpiece Cakeshop before oral argument
The U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The case involves a Colorado cake baker who declined to make a cake for a gay couple’s wedding. When the Colorado Civil Rights Commission pursued the baker, he argued he was entitled to an exemption from Colorado’s civil-rights laws based on religious and free-speech grounds under the First Amendment. The links below include news coverage, relatively even-handed analysis, and analysis in support of and against the baker’s position that was posted before oral argument, which was scheduled for sometime in the October 2017 term. (This post has been regularly updated through the date of oral argument.) Continue reading “Coverage of Masterpiece Cakeshop before oral argument”
“U.S. Supreme Court wedding cake case could affect St. Cloud couple’s suit against Minnesota: Both sides in Minnesota will be watching Tuesday when the justices in Washington hear arguments in a parallel case from Colorado.”
“U.S. Supreme Court wedding cake case could affect St. Cloud couple’s suit against Minnesota: Both sides in Minnesota will be watching Tuesday when the justices in Washington hear arguments in a parallel case from Colorado.” The (Minneapolis) StarTribune reports here.
“DC Archdiocese Sues Over Rejection of Christmas Season Bus Ads”
“DC Archdiocese Sues Over Rejection of Christmas Season Bus Ads” Religion Clause reports here on Archdiocese of Washington v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, (D. D.C., filed Nov. 28, 2017).