Archive for ‘Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause’

Supreme Court to revisit church-state separation More »

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SCOTUS sends Liberty lawsuit to lower court .

Billings minister wins lawsuit challenging limit on clergy’s political speech. More »

Texas cheerleaders told no Bible verses on signs

Thanks to Comm Law student Mark Smith for the heads-up on this one. There are two ways to treat this, as student speech or as district speech. How you answer that will determine how you come down on the case. More »

Is this constitutional? Probably a good exam question at some point. More »

So, Amanda was right in class. I was about 100 years off when it came to France’s disestablishment from the Catholic Church. A 1905 law instituted the separation of Church and State and prohibited the government from “recognizing, salarying or subsidizing any religion.” Other governments and churches in Europe have maintained varying levels of connections to the current day. More »

From Comm Law alum (and Harvard Law School alum) April Ward. A good opinion piece on what the First Amendment means when it says “free exercise.” More »

Catholic business owners score win against ObamaCare mandate More »

Supreme Court says judges cannot get involved in church-employee discrimination dispute More »