Are private, religious schools exempt from school opening restrictions? Texas, California go in different directions

As school systems and states across the country struggle with reopening plans, the ability of religious schools to claim a religious freedom exemption from restrictions designed to protect public health may lead to a new round of legal disputes every bit as hotly contested as those surrounding worship service restrictions.

Coronavirus updates: NM court upholds worship service limits, CA Gov tightens restrictions, U.S. Navy reverses policy

While coronavirus infections expand across the country, lawsuits challenging public health restrictions on in-person worship services continue to wind through courts.

U.S. Supreme Court upholds administration rules expanding religious accommodations from the contraceptive mandate

In Trump v. Pennsylvania, the U.S. Supreme Court again waded into a question about religious accommodations from the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate.

U.S. Supreme Court: First Amendment protects religious schools from discrimination claims brought by teachers who teach the faith

Responding to the ruling on the ministerial exception, BJC General Counsel Holly Hollman emphasized that the Supreme Court’s opinion heightens the importance of good communication between religious employer and employee about their role and expectations.

Federal court in New York halts worship service restrictions, citing George Floyd protests

But wait. Didn’t the Supreme Court recently uphold state restrictions on worship services as constitutional?

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