The Center filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in E.D. v. Noblesville School District, urging the Court to grant the cert. petition of a high school student who was forced to remove her club’s flyers from school walls. E.D. founded a pro-life group at Noblesville High School. She created flyers for the group’s first meeting […]
The Texas Supreme Court denied a request from the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct that asked the court to expand on its finding that judges can refuse to perform same-sex marriages on moral or religious grounds. The Texas Supreme Court had previously answered the question “Does Canon 4A(1) of the Texas Code of Judicial […]
In 2025, Texas passed a law explicitly banning clubs based on gender identity or expression, such as L.G.B.T.Q. clubs or gender and sexuality alliances, in K-12 schools. On February 20, 2026, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas temporarily blocked three public school districts—Houston, Katy and Plano, the […]
In Hensley v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the district court in Tavis County, Texas, ruled on Judge Hensley’s summary judgment motion with respect to her claims under the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act (TRFRA). Here, the district court granted summary judgement for Judge Hensley, finding that the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct substantially burdened Judge […]
The Center filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Youth 71Five, urging the Court to review the Ninth Circuit decision in Youth 71Five v. Williams. In this case, despite federal law that expressly guarantees the right of religious organizations to have creed requirements for their staff, the state of Oregon […]
In response to the Department of Labor’s Request for Information at 90 FR 57217, the Center submitted a comment letter focused on how the Department of Labor should clarify regulatory language to ensure that faith-based organizations are able to participate as service providers through the Department’s various funding programs without compromising their religious freedom. Most […]
In its opinion of February 3, 2026, the court denied qualified immunity for the individual defendants on the free speech (viewpoint discrimination) and expressive association claims because the law was sufficiently clear but granted qualified immunity on the free exercise, RFRA, and Equal Access Act claims because the law was not sufficiently clear with respect […]
Catholic faithful worldwide have given annually to Peter’s Pence, which directly supports the Pope and his charitable works. David O’Connell filed a class action lawsuit against the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for fraudulent solicitation of donations, alleging that USCCB misled donors about the use of funds collected for Peter’s Pence. In O’Connell […]
In a highly significant victory, on January 6, 2026, in Union Gospel Mission of Yakima v. Brown, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a lower court’s injunction against the attorney general of the state of Washington, ruling that: “[A] religious institution may decide that its religious mission is best served by hiring only employees who adhere to […]
The Borough of Sayreville, New Jersey, set aside a flagpole for private, non-government speech (thereby making the flagpole a limited public forum) and developed a policy saying citizens could submit flags to be flown for limited periods of time. The borough denied a request by a community member to have a Christian flag flown on […]
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