…the appeals court reversed, but the state supreme court reversed the appeals court and upheld the original conviction. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that Lynn’s conduct was within the…
“Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Nonhuman Environment” by Dana Lloyd
…Court case on fishing rights in the 1970s. The Court finally acknowledged Yurok fishing rights on the Klamath River, but decades of mismanagement, damming, and over-allocation of water had decimated…
“Social Media, Free Speech, and Religious Freedom in Australia” by Colette Langos and P. T. Babie
…1977, the High Court (the Australian equivalent of the Supreme Court of the United States) has “implied” rights into the Constitution as a consequence of the federal democratic framework thereby…
“Defining a Muslim; The Case of Pakistan and its Ahmadis” by Yasser Latif Hamdani
…providing religious instruction for pupils of that community in any educational institution maintained wholly by that community or denomination.” In 2024, the matter came before the Supreme Court again, where…
“Shifting Alliances and the Lost Consensus: The Religious Freedom Restoration Act at Thirty” by Kenneth Townsend
Shifting Alliances and the Lost Consensus: The Religious Freedom Restoration Act at Thirty Kenneth Townsend “Facade and fountain of the United States Supreme Court Building” by Sunira Moses (CC BY-SA…
“When Dharma Meets Dobbs: Navigating Abortion Through the Hindu-American Lens” by Sai Santosh Kumar Kolluru
…the United States Supreme Court held that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion and overruled both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. In doing so,…
“Stop Accusing Religious Conservatives of ‘Using’ Religion” by Raphael A. Friedman
…years, the Supreme Court has ruled on a number of cases in which religious liberty claims clashed with other rights. Suits have challenged laws involving public health during the pandemic,…
“No Kings?: Plenitudo potestatis and the sanctity of US national security” by Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
…religious bias; their argument seemed formidable, but of course they lost. The Supreme Court upheld the ban 4-3 in Trump v. Hawaii (2018). How could a forceful defense of religious rights…
“Why do restrictions on religious attendance cause ‘irreparable harm’? A Catholic reflection on Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo”
…v. Cuomo (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court held that New York’s religious-attendance restrictions “would lead to irreparable injury” to religious communities and, if enjoined or rejected, “would not harm the…
“Participatory Defense During the Pandemic” by Darrin Sims
…movement recognizes when injustices are happening and creates a response that is rooted in the community, such as having court watchers to monitor a judge’s behavior and ensure that court…