The New York Daily News reports that the Supreme Court will announce Monday whether to take up the case of Bronx Household of Faith, a case questioning the scope of a city's right to limit the use of public facilities for religious worship. The 2nd Circuit ruled earlier this year that New York is within its rights to bar the church from using a public elementary school for religious worship services on the ground that such use leaves the reasonable impression – particularly to the young school children there Monday through Friday – that the school endorses a particular religious point of view.
The Supreme Court seems almost certain to review that decision, based on its seeming incongruity with rulings guaranteeing equal access to religious organizations.
In other potential church-state cases I'm watching, the Court considered the Forsyth County government invocation dispute in its conference last Tuesday. A federal appeals court there ruled the County's opening prayers unconstitutional. A decision about whether to accept that case should come soon as well.
[UPDATE – 11/30 – ehhh, maybe not so soon as I thought, now. I was under the impression that both Bronx Household and Forsyth County were being considered in conference on November 22, but that's not the case. The SCOTUS site lists Bronx for the December 2 conference, and indicates that Forsyth County has not yet been scheduled. Not sure whether I read inaccurate information, or read it wrongly. Either way, adjust your excited anticipations accordingly.]
