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kathyswords.bsky.social
Explain this like I'm a 2nd grader. Ultra conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals claimed in the decision that the law did not violate either the Establishment Clause or the FreeExerciseClause of the FirstAmendment.

I get is the 5th circuit. Still.
#proudblue #pinks

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Texas can require public schools to display Ten Commandments in classrooms, US appeals court rules
A federal appeals court rules that Texas can require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public school classrooms, allowing posters of the religious doctrine to go up throughout the state.
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April 22, 2026 at 12:18 AM
civitas-citizen.bsky.social
When politics becomes religion to people, this wall comes tumbling down.

#seperationofchurchandstate #firstamendment #establishmentclause #freeexerciseclause #1stamendment #MA3 #makeamericaamericaagain
lyndagood.bsky.social LyndaGood @lyndagood.bsky.social · Nov 2
Remember the Establishment Clause? That tiny sentence in the Constitution that says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion”? Yeah, apparently that was just a polite suggestion.
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
gtblackwell.atheists.org
Numerous courts have concluded that the government cannot legally force anyone to participate in a #12step program because they amount to religious coercion and violate the #EstablishmentClause and #FreeExerciseClause of the #FirstAmendment. (4/8)
December 12, 2024 at 4:45 PM
dustcircle.bsky.social
Exclusion of #Religious #HighSchools from #Vermont' s #Tuition Payment Program Does Not Violate #FreeExerciseClause

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Exclusion of Religious High Schools from Vermont's Tuition Payment Program Does Not Violate Free Exercise Clause
In Mid Vermont Christian School v. Saunders ,  (D VT, May 12, 2026), a Vermont federal district court upheld against constitutional attack a...
religionclause.blogspot.com
May 14, 2026 at 2:59 PM
dustcircle.bsky.social
The #FreeExerciseClause and the Rights of Conscience

Donald L. Drakeman
ISBN 9780674299801
Publication date: 11/17/2026

#FirstAmendment #Congress #law #establishment #religion
@harvardpress.bsky.social
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
The Free Exercise Clause and the Rights of Conscience — Harvard University Press
Challenging decades of scholarship and Supreme Court jurisprudence, newly discovered historical documents reveal that the First Amendment’s Free Exercise Clause was meant to protect only the freedom t...
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June 15, 2026 at 12:14 PM
nonilex.masto.ai.ap.brid.gy
“If there is one thing all #religious liberty scholars & advocates…have agreed on, it is that the #freeexerciseclause forbids #government #discrimination because of #religion,” Steven T. Collis, a UT-Austin #law professor, said….“Although Gov. Abbott’s letter characterized what the airports were […]
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August 20, 2026 at 1:41 PM
dustcircle.bsky.social
#CodeEnforcement Against #Jewish #NurserySchool Does Not Violate #FreeExerciseClause or #RLUIPA

#Bogota #NJ #NewJersey #FreeExercise #healthcode
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Code Enforcement Against Jewish Nursery School Does Not Violate Free Exercise Clause or RLUIPA
In  Dreskin v. Borough of Bogota ,  (D NJ, July 31, 2026), a New Jersey federal district court rejected challenges under the Free Exercise C...
religionclause.blogspot.com
August 5, 2026 at 9:03 PM
baffc.bsky.social
Nathan v Alamo Heights: #5thCir en banc 9/8 holds TX #SB10, requiring public schools to display #TenCommandments in classrooms, doesn't violate #EstablishmentClause or #FreeExerciseClause of #FirstAmendment #concur #dissent #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3OfMMBC
April 22, 2026 at 12:52 PM
metalrabbit13.bsky.social
Via @JudiciaryDems
Our #Freedoms Aren't Up for Debate: Ranking Member #Raskin Opening Remarks
#1stAmendment #FreeExerciseClause
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Our Freedoms Aren't Up for Debate: Ranking Member Raskin Opening Remarks
YouTube video by House Committee on the Judiciary
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May 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
dailyjournalcorp.bsky.social
Ninth Circuit partially lifts stay on an injunction against California school policies that conceal student gender transitions from parents. Parents seeking religious exemptions likely to succeed on #FreeExerciseClause. Subscribers only: https://ow.ly/3gh150Yph61 #NinthCircuit #EducationLaw
March 4, 2026 at 10:01 PM