Religion & Law

District Court Finds Zoning Regulations Violate RLUIPAs Unreasonable Exclusion and Limits Clause
Prior to 2006, the Cooper City zoning ordinance excluded religious uses from business districts, the office park district and the park and recreational district. Various non-religious assemblies, however, were permitted in those districts...

Ohio: Miami Twp. trustees rule churches can meet in park
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports: This Clermont County community will welcome groups that want to hold religious services in its park amphitheater, officials said Wednesday. Trustees had been concerned that some residents might be offended, but law director John Korfhagen advised that churches must be allowed if other nonprofit groups are permitted to use park facilities, said Township [...

"In Pleasant Grove case, a religious group wants to avoid U.S. high court"
"In Pleasant Grove case, a religious group wants to avoid U.S. high court": The Daily Herald of Provo, Utah today contains an article that begins, "A religious organization is hoping to preserve its most recent legal victory over the city and keep a case regarding a monument in Pleasant Grove's Pioneer Park out of the U...

Americans United Files Brief In Supreme Court Religious Display Case
The press release begins: “Americans United for Separation of Church and State today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision dealing with a controversy over the display of religious monuments in a Utah public park...

European Court: Greece Violated Religious Rights of Bar Applicant
Religion Clause blog reports that the European Court of Human Rights ruled last month that Greece violated the European Convention on Human Rights when it insisted that a bar applicant  sign a document indicating that he is not an Orthodox Christian before he was permitted to make a solemn declaration instead of taking a religious [...

Russian Prosecutors Say South Park Incites Religious Hatred
Prosecutors in Russia want to ban the award-winning satirical U.S. cartoon South Park, calling the series "extremist" after receiving viewer complaints, a spokeswoman said on Monday.

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Religious Decorations
Oklahoma City to pay attorney fees in religious freedom violations lawsuit.

Great Escape Lodge and Indoor Water Park
Faces Class Action

Discrimination
race, gender, disability, religious or age discrimiation.

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Clergy Molester
Religious group to pay $1.3 million in priest molestation settlement.