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5+ day, 21+ hour ago (214+ words) From SSRN:Shucheng Wang, Law and Religion as an Interdisciplinary Field in Legal Education: Reflections from the Australian School (July 30, 2026).Craig B. Mousin & Chris Inserra, Messengers of Hope: Responding to the Voices of the Persecuted to Reverse the Erosion of Refugee…...
Compliance With Building Code Does Not Impose Substantial Burden on Plaintiff's Religious Exercise
1+ week, 4+ day ago (174+ words) In Hadez v. City of Springfield, Illinois, (CD IL, Aug. 28, 2026), a state trial court had ordered plaintiff to cease residing in structures on his property that inspectors found to be unsafe and in violation of the city's Building Code. The structures…...
USCIRF Urges Sanctions Against India During Visit of Hindutva Leader
2+ week, 1+ day ago (153+ words) As reported by The Hindu, India's Mohan Bhagwat, head of the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) organization, arrived in the United States on Tuesday as part of RSS's 100th anniversary global outreach efforts. He is scheduled to speak to an…...
Massachusetts Supreme Court Says Religious Statues Proposed for Public Building Violate State Constitution
3+ week, 1+ day ago (312+ words) In Fitzmaurice v. City of Quincy, (MA Sup. Jud. Ct., Aug. 20, 2026), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld a trial court's preliminary injunction barring the city of Quincy from installing two 10-foot-tall statues on the facade of a new public safety building....
Two Cert. Petitions Raising Issues of State Aid for Religious Instruction Filed
3+ week, 1+ day ago (367+ words) Two petitions for certiorari raising First Amendment issues were filed this week with the U.S. Supreme Court. Both involve the permissibility of state aid for religious instruction.A petition (full text) asking the Court to review a Virginia federal district court's…...
2nd Circuit: Church Autonomy Doctrine Bars Defamation Suit Against Church Leaders by Former Priest
3+ week, 2+ day ago (136+ words) In Belya v. Kapral, (2d Cir., Aug. 18, 2026), a defrocked priest in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) sued church leaders and church entities for defamation. He claimed that defendants wrongly accused him of forging three letters from church leaders. The…...
Supreme Court Review Sought in Texas 10 Commandments Cases
3+ week, 4+ day ago (312+ words) A joint petition for certiorari (full text) was filed yesterday with the Supreme Court in Nathan v. Alamo Heights School District and Cribbs Ringer v. Comal Independent School District, (Sup. Ct., cert. filed 8/17/2026). In Nathan, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en…...
Suit Claims Head of Georgian Orthodox Church in North America Is Attempting To Wrongfully Take Property of 3 Monasteries
3+ week, 5+ day ago (264+ words) Suit was filed last week in a New York federal district court against the presiding bishop of the Georgian Orthodox Church in North America by three Georgian Orthodox monasteries-- two in Maryland and one in Oklahoma. The abbots who head…...
Montana Supreme Court: Parenting Plan May Restrict Mother from Exposing Children to Cultic Religious Beliefs
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (178+ words) In In re the Marriage of Acacia Jensen and Timothy Jensen, (MT Sup. Ct., Aug. 4, 2026), the Montana Supreme Court in a 5-2 decision upheld a trial court's order modifying a parenting plan for a divorced couple's three children. The mother objected…...
Report Details Data on Antisemitic Incidents in United Kingdom
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (159+ words) In Britain, Community Security Trust today released a Report on Antisemitic Incidents in the United Kingdom during the first half of 2026. (Full text of report.) The 39-page report says in part:CST recorded 1,926 antisemitic incidents across the UK in the…...