Director of Islam and Religious Freedom for the Religious Freedom Institute reviews the Supreme Court decision in Mahmoud v.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York must face religious liberty claims by an employee who was denied a permanent ...

A House investigation launched by two Republican congressmen into dozens of religious organizations and denominations, from the US Catholic bishops to the Unitarian Universalist Association, is being ...

A West Virginia woman has filed a lawsuit seeking a religious exemption from required school vaccinations for her young child. Miranda Guzman alleges that the state’s vaccine mandate violates ...

It follows a unanimous 8-0 decision the court issued in 2020 finding that RLUIPA’s sister statute, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA), allows for damages suits.

Texas, holding that money damages are not “appropriate relief” in lawsuits against states; and Tanzin v. Tanvir, holding that “appropriate relief” under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act can ...

Sparks argued that the West Virginia Religious Freedom Restoration Act does not give the governor power to override state law without the legislative branch.

Landor's lawyer point to a 2020 Supreme Court ruling that allowed such damages in claims arising under a similar law called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a former Louisiana prison inmate whose dreadlocks were shaved by guards in violation of his religious beliefs. The justices said Monday they'll ...

The laws are modeled after the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act, signed in 1993 by then-President Bill Clinton, which allows federal regulations that interfere with religious beliefs to ...