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  • Court Strikes Down Policy Censoring Fifth-Grader’s Speech and … it is religious or not. Let’s look at the details of this case. Ten-year-old Katie Ayers was stopped by her school … censorship is unconstitutional. Thankfully, the district court agreed, and upon appeal, so did the U.S. Court of …
  • … Following His Conscience Lands Minnesota Pharmacist in Court A Minnesota woman sued a pharmacist because his beliefs … in good conscience participate in an abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court has long recognized that health-care … falls flat, and the appellate court should reject it. Case timeline December 2019: A woman filed a lawsuit against …
  • … Major Victory: Court Revives Lawsuit of Virginia Teacher Fired Over … the school violated his First Amendment rights. Virginia Supreme Court issues landmark ruling After the trial court dismissed Peter’s case, ADF attorneys appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court. …
  • Court Deals Blow to Lawsuit from Abortion Drug Manufacturer … 2024 All women and girls deserve protection, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade ensured that … in court, and the Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case. Read more about that lawsuit here .) In Dobbs v. …
  • … Alanna Smith, and Ashley Nicoletti— filed suit in federal court to challenge a Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic … right of every woman to compete on a level playing field. Case study: West Virginia’s women’s sports law As part of the … while the case is on appeal. ADF is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the 4th Circuit’s injunction and …
  • … they became actual nuisances. As early as 1887, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed its ability to hear cases about future … was passed. Doe v. Bolton (1973): This was the companion case to Roe v. Wade and involved abortion providers, among …
  • … local Iowa Planned Parenthood as an entry-level assistant. Case: Thayer v. Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Image In … claims for reimbursements” to Medicaid. After a district court judge dismissed the case in December 2012, ADF appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The circuit court
  • … What was the origin of the ministerial exception? The Supreme Court has long recognized that the First Amendment protects … ruled that a religious organization’s ministers (in this case, teachers at a religious school) need not necessarily …
  • … Appeals Court: Religious Schools Can Hire and Fire Based on Beliefs … Circuit has shed some much-needed light on the issue. The case in question, Billard v. Charlotte Catholic High School , … Title VII.” The ministerial exception, defined by the U.S. Supreme Court in a series of opinions, allows religious …
  • … Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen Still in Court After ‘Hate Crime’ Charge for Quoting the Bible The … But Finland’s prosecutor general did not allow the case to end there. How the prosecutor general has dragged out … Pohjola, and in January 2024 appealed to the Finnish Supreme Court. In April, the court agreed to hear the case. …