SCOTUS
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What does 2022 hold for religious freedom?
Supreme Court decisions of 2021 continued a streak of strong protections for religious freedom – not only in the context of pandemic restrictions, but also in social services, education and employment. So what will 2022 hold?
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Q&A with legal scholar: Upcoming SCOTUS cases
With another U.S. Supreme Court term beginning, there are more opportunities for guidance and protection of religious freedom. To understand these opportunities, we asked Howard Slugh some questions about religious freedom cases in the upcoming court term.
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SCOTUS’ opportunity to protect religious child welfare agencies
Whatever our political or legal philosophy, everyone should agree that prioritizing the welfare of children and families ought to be one of the main goals of our foster care and adoption system.
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SCOTUS 2019-20 term marked by modest victories for religious freedom – read our Q&A with Jewish leader Howard Slugh
The theme of the term was incremental change. The Roberts court has adopted a slow step-by-step approach to building legal doctrine.
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What are the implications of Supreme Court’s refusal to hear 2nd cake case?
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear a religious liberty case from Oregon. The court did, however, vacate the Oregon decision, which fined cake decorators $135,000 for declining to create a cake for a same-sex wedding. The Supreme Court directed…