Law and Religion Headlines
Tuesday, 26 June 2018
SCOTUS held ban is within president's authority under immigration laws and challengers are unlikely to prevail on establishment clause claim because the ban is justified by legitimate national-security concerns (opinion in Trump v. Hawaii)
(Slip Opinion, Supreme Court of the United States)
Travel ban case explained: Trump v. Hawaii
(National Review)
Supreme Court upholds Trump's travel ban, delivering endorsement of presidential power
(Adam Liptak and Michael D. Shear, The New York Times)
The travel ban case: What Trump gets
(Rich Lowry, National Review)
Supreme Court rules 5-4 to uphold travel ban (on-air reporting)
(Fox News)
The Supreme Court’s ruling that Trump’s travel ban isn’t a ‘Muslim ban,’ annotated
(Aaron Blake, The Washington Post: The Fix)
WATCH: Lawmakers respond to Supreme Court ruling on Trump travel ban
(Larisa Epatko, PBS News Hour)
More and updating Travel Ban case headlines
The Supreme Court hands a win to the pro-life movement
(Emma Green, The Atlantic)
SCOTUS holds that California law requiring licensed anti-abortion nonprofits to inform pregnant patients about availability of free or low-cost abortions elsewhere likely violates First Amendment; provision requiring unlicensed nonprofits to disclose inab
(Slip Opinion, Supreme Court of the United States)
Supreme Court rules in favor of pro-life crisis pregnancy centers: A breakdown of NIFLA v. Becerra
(Madeline Farber, Fox News)
In Becerra, conservative Christians win with liberal legal arguments
(Andrew R. Lewis, The New York Times Opinion)
U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of pro-life pregnancy centers
(Press Release, National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA))
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra
(Case page, SCOTUSblog)
More about NIFLA v. Becerra (compelled-speech case)
Abortion and travel ban rulings are victory for G.O.P. tactics on Gorsuch
(Elizabeth Dias and Sydney Ember, The New York Times)
Pensions, gender reassignment, religion and marriage: MB
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Principles for church planting set out by bishops
(David Pocklington, Law & Religion UK)
Monday, 25 June 2018
Religious photos of the week
(Kit Doyle, Religion News Service)
Turkey's Erdogan victorious in election that grants him unprecedented power
(Gul Tuysuz, Isil Sariyuce, Angela Dewan and Euan McKirdy, CNN)
Totalitarian tyrant or trusted leader? Turkish voters split on Erdoğan
(Kareen Shaheen, The Guardian)
How to read Turkey's election results
(Kemal Kirişci, Brookings)
The Guardian view on Erdoğan’s Turkey: illiberal democrat takes power
(Editorial, The Guardian)
Turkey elections 2018: Erdoğan declared winner – as it happened
(Kate Lyons, Verity Bowman, and Jon Henley, The Guardian)
What do Turkey's 2018 election results mean for the Kurds?
(Mohammed Vall, Al Jazeera)
Law and religion round-up – 24th June
(Frank Cranmer, Law & Religion UK)
Supreme Court passes on new chance to take on hot issues
(Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko, Associated Press)
Court sends battles over services for same-sex couples, North Carolina gerrymandering back to lower courts
(Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog)
Supreme Court returns florist accommodation case to Washington for reconsideration
(Don Byrd, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty)
Justices won’t hear case of anti-gay marriage florist
(Gene Johnson, Associated Press)
Supreme Court vacates and remands Arlene's Flowers case
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Oregon Supreme Court denies appeal from anti-gay Christian bakers
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
2nd Circuit: Muslim plaintiffs can seek money damages under RFRA for no-fly list abuse
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Anti-blasphemy laws are blasphemous (and they're a threat to religious freedom)
(Doug Bandow, The American Spectator)
Report: 86 killed in Nigeria as farmers, herders clash
(Sam Olukoya, Associated Press)
Christian death toll from herdsmen attacks mounts in Adamawa State, Nigeria
(Morning Star News Nigeria, Christian Headlines)
Massachusetts voters may repeal transgender 'bathroom bill'
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
The editor, the cartoonist, his image and her decision
(Paul Chadwick, The Guardian)
England’s cathedrals hark back to the middle ages to pull in crowds
(Catherine Pepinster, The Guardian)
Why Turkey's election result matters to America
(Amada Sloat, Time)
‘Calling it a cult is degrading’: Wild Wild Country’s Ma Anand Sheela on her time as Bhagwan’s lieutenant
(Sam Wollaston, The Guardian)
Two frogs were married by Indian governor to "appease gods"
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Are Millennials replacing religion with astrology and spiritualism?
(Corey Barnett, World Religion News)
Angry priest fired for smacking baby during baptism
(Derek Welch, World Religion News)
Study finds mounting global restrictions on religion
(Catholic News Agency)
Religious restrictions on the rise
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Restrictions on religion around the world continue to increase
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
How to save the world: Schedule some awe in your summer vacation
(Holly Lebowitz Rossi, Religion News Service)
Poor People’s Campaign rally ends with vows to keep organizing and protesting
(Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service)
Presbyterians demur on divestment from fossil fuels
(Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service)
Study: East African converts to Islam are recruitment targets by extremist groups
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
How social media trolls turned U.C. Berkeley into a free speech circus
(Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker)
The exiles: Former members say Calvary Temple in Virginia pressures people to banish loved ones. What happens to those who leave?
(Britt Peterson, The Washington Post)
Did the Red Hen violate Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s rights when it kicked her out?
(Sonia Rao, The Washington Post)
Duterte clarifies statement allegedly attacking God, religion
(Camcer Ordonez-Imam, Manila Bulletin)
Andy Khawaja appointed to USCIRF
(U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom)
Why the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty filed an amicus brief in the TCCB case
(Howard Slugh & Greg Dolin, National Review)
Cardinal: To ensure religious freedom, minorities must be protected at home
(Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Enforcing nondiscrimination laws is not a sign of anti-religious bias
(James Esseks, American Civil Liberties Union)
Meeting with Pope puts Macron's religious views in spotlight
(The Local France)
Tsipras to pursue plans for Church-state separation
(Costis P. Papadiochos, ekathimerini.com)
Presbyterian Church USA is critical of Israel, but urges ‘reconciliation’ between Jews and Palestinians
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
North and South Korean church leaders share table, issue call to lift sanctions on DPRK
(Ecumenical News)
Russia: Protestants targeted in Nizhny Novgorod
(Forum 18 News Service)
The sex trade and religion: For those who fight sex-trafficking, dark rituals compound the problem
(Erasmus, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Russian LGBT activists contest in ECHR bans on gay pride parades in 118 cities
(Interfax-Religion)
The Georgian Church against legalizing marijuana
(Interfax-Religion)
Sessions' pastor addresses 'firestorm' over church charges against AG
(Daniel Burke, CNN)
Russian politicians getting involved in Ukrainian church question
(Portal-Credo.Ru, Russia Religion News)
Embracing our transgender neighbors on God’s terms
(Rachel Gilson, Christianity Today)
Muslims but not brothers: Saudi Arabia turns against political Islam
(The Economist)
Will Ireland’s Catholic hospitals defy Varadkar?
(Jon Anderson, Catholic Herald)
Jews worldwide must resist the power grab of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate
(Shuki Friedman, Forward Opinion)
Muslim-British man blames marijuana for his airplane rant against Jews
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Romania’s laws on anti-Semitism ‘meaningless’ without enforcement, activist warns
(Cnaan Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Parkland students kick off anti-gun tour with rally at Catholic church
(Joyce Duriga, Catholic News Service)
Central African Catholic and Muslim leaders attack “sowers of hatred, division”
(Ngala Killian Chimtom, Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse)
Jews, Muslims in Berlin team up on bike rides against hatred
(Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press)
Vigil held to support Minnesota mosque where bacon was found
(Associated Press)
Prominent Shiite cleric in Bahrain again hospitalized
(Associated Press)
Sweden sentences 3 to prison for synagogue arson attack
(Associated Press)
Philippine president slammed for calling God ‘stupid’
(Jim Gomez, Associated Press)
German court convicts Syrian who beat man wearing Jewish cap
(Associated Press)
Report on this year's state religious freedom legislative activity
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Messiah in the heart of Tel Aviv: Court allows gender-segregated event in Rabin Square
(Or Kashti, Haaretz)
Israeli trial court permits sex-segregated event in city square
(Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Uzbekistan: Five Baptists fined on non-specific charges
(World Watch Monitor)
Religious beliefs deserve as much protection as race and gender, LDS leader says
(Liesl Nielsen, KSL)
BYU panel discusses how to foster faith and community with LGBTQ students
(Braley Dodson, Daily Herald)
“Religious Freedom Annual Review 2018: Religion and the Common Good”
(Dan Peterson, Patheos Blog: Sic et Non)
Rebranding religious freedom
(Madison Weaver, BYUI Scroll)
New York Times shows how to do a religion-free report on campus First Amendment wars
(Terry Mattingly, GetReligion)
EVENT, 25-29 June 2018: Human Rights and Religions Summer School
(Trinity College Dublin)
Christian florist wins at Supreme Court in gay wedding case
(Michael Foust, Christian Headlines)
Evangelicals and Pentecostals must do more to help immigrants
(Arlene Sanchez-Walsh and Lloyd Barba, Religion & Politics: Fit for Polite Company)
Sunday, 24 June 2018
EVENT, 26 June 2018: XVIII Summer School - ''The protection of fundamental rights in Europe''
(International Research Centre on European Law in cooperation with the Law School of the University of Strasbourg and the Centre of European Law of the King's College London, University Residential Centre of Bertinoro, Bologna, Italy)
Saturday, 23 June 2018
After Canadian court ruling, Christian law school re-evaluates community covenant
(Mark A. Kellner, Religion News Service)
The 'Masterpiece Cakeshop' ruling's guidance to employers
(Andrew J. Hoag, law.com)
Christian cakeshop owner begins creating wedding cakes again after court victory
(Veronica Neffinger, Christian Headlines)
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