House subcommittees hold joint hearing on vaccine mandates and employee accommodations
Watch as several members of Congress raise the difficult issue of how to handle employee requests for religious exemptions to vaccine mandates.
Federal courts reach divergent outcomes in health care worker vaccine disputes while class action challenges federal mandate
As these cases suggest, the controversy over religious objections to COVID-19 vaccine mandates appears sure to continue expanding.
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear bid to fly Christian flag at Boston City Hall
The Supreme Court will hear a case brought by a civic organization challenging Boston’s denial of their request to fly a Christian flag temporarily outside city hall.
BJC joins brief in Supreme Court case involving prisoner’s request for ministerial act during lethal injection
Ramirez v. Collier was brought under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), which bars state and local governments from posing a substantial burden on the religious free exercise of inmates unless that burden is necessary to further a compelling government interest.
NY judge: Muslim women’s suit over forced removal of hijab for booking photo can proceed for money damages
Two Muslim women are challenging the policy of the New York Police Department that requires arrestees to remove religious headwear for their booking photo.
