Religion & Law

Judge refuses to stop Tenn. mosque construction
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — A judge denied a request yesterday for a temporary restraining order to stop construction at the site of a proposed mosque in Murfreesboro. Rutherford County Chancellor Robert Corlew said after closing arguments that he didn?t find that the ?county acted illegally, arbitrarily or capriciously? when county planners approved the site plan for an Islamic center...

Supposedly Harmful Speech as Enjoinable Nuisance
I just noticed a remarkable lawsuit, Wright v. Islamic Center; the plaintiffs were trying to enjoin the construction of a mosque. The theory? Construction of the mosque would be a....

Three Issues in the Debate over the Ground Zero Mosque
(Ilya Somin) The ongoing debate over the ?Ground Zero Mosque? has generated lots of commentary. But I fear that much of it conflates three separate issues: whether the government should use its power to block the construction of the mosque, whether the construction of any Islamic facility near Ground Zero is objectionable, and whether this particular [...

Federal court reverses TVA emissions ruling
A federal appeals court in Virginia has reversed a judge's ruling requiring the nation's largest public utility to promptly install upgraded emission controls at four coal-fired power plants...

Most Claims Challenging Murfreesboro Mosque Are Dismissed
A Tennessee state Chancery Court judge has dismissed most of plaintiffs' claims in a widely publicized lawsuit seeking to prevent construction of a mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee...

Judge Refuses To Reconsider Murfreesboro Mosque Ruling
The Tennessean and the Murfreesboro Daily News Journal report that a Tennessee state chancery court judge this week denied a motion to reconsider his decision handed down in May dismissing challenges (other than an open-meeting law challenge) to the Rutherford County Regional Planning Commission's approval of building plans for a controversial mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee...

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