In a Thanksgiving Eve decision, the U.S. Supreme Court barred the state of New York from enforcing worship service restrictions in areas classified as red and orange zones for their sharp rise in coronavirus infections.
A bill introduced in the Tennessee legislature would remove provisions that limit the application of religious exemptions from vaccination requirements in the case of an epidemic or where immunization is necessary to protect the health of others.
Settling a 2018 lawsuit brought by two Muslim women, the NYPD has agreed to no longer require the removal of a person’s religious head covering for mug shots, provided their face is still visible.
The ruling in Carson v. Makin concluded that Maine’s tuition program passes constitutional muster, as it utilizes nonsectarian private schools in areas without their own public school.
This week. the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Fulton v. Philadelphia, a case involving Catholic Social Services’ (CSS) constitutional challenge to the city’s requirement that organizations screening foster parents must comply with the city’s nondiscrimination law in selecting the pool of parents eligible.
Amy Coney Barrett became the newest justice of the United States Supreme Court this week, and next week she’ll be considering a religious liberty case: Fulton v. Philadelphia.