Legal
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Official rules, terms, and conditions: “Shaping Utah’s AI Future” student essay contest & Utah Student AI Policy Congress
This contest and the accompanying Utah Student AI Policy Congress (together, the “Program”) are sponsored by Sutherland Institute
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Sutherland Institute files amicus brief in Mid Vermont Christian School v. Saunders
The state cannot circumvent the Constitutional protection of religious exercise by imposing a de facto religious exclusion in its education funding laws or deny parents their right to exercise their responsibility to direct the education of their children.
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Parents cut out of their children’s decisions will get a chance to make their case to the Supreme Court
Governments should not interfere with parents’ relationships with their children unless the parents are unfit. The Washington policy being challenged in this case turns that principle upside down. It assumes that certain parents are unfit without requiring any evidence that…
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U.S. Supreme Court will hear case on home worship
These types of cases arise when government officials do not understand, or perhaps ignore, constitutional provisions protecting the free exercise of religion.
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Sutherland Institute joins amicus brief in Rio Grande Foundation v. Oliver
This law unconstitutionally infringes Petitioner’s right to free association and speech.
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Brown v. Labresh
A court cannot add language to a constitutional provision and then use the judicially amended version to resolve disputes under the law.
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St. Mary v. Roy
Through targeted regulations on religious schools, Colorado not only burdens the free exercise of petitioners. The majority of private schools in the State are religious and those who choose to operate consistent with the teachings of their faith about marriage and sexuality are also…
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Patterson v. Roy
The burdens imposed by the Department’s targeted denial of an exemption are not felt only by the Academy. They are also experienced by other private schools who seek to operate consistently with a religious mission.
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Stovall v. Jefferson
There is a simple yet substantial question of federal law that underlies the parties’ jurisdictional dispute: Is the Copyright Act a withholding statute?
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Cedar Park v. Kreidler
Until recently, supporters and opponents of abortion rights acknowledged that coercing religious organizations to support abortion triggers profound questions of religious freedom.