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DOJ Argues Trump Executive Order on Johnson Amendment Lacks Meaningful Impact

Efforts continue to weaken legal protections for churches against politicization, but Justice Department lawyers maintain the President’s Executive Order targeting the Johnson Amendment is not one of them.

Weekend Reads: Religious Coercion, the Johnson Amendment, Church-State History, and more

A handful of links to some of the week’s columns and news items of church-state interest, for your weekend reading pleasure…

Idaho Prisons Agree to Provide Kosher Meals, Settling Lawsuit

A settlement agreement in a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by four inmates against the Idaho Department of Corrections shows the “courage…it takes to enforce constitutional rights.”

9th Circuit Rules Against High School Football Coach in Dispute Over On-Field Prayer

When a high-school football coach prays on the football field immediately after games, he does so as a public employee, not a private citizen, a 9th Circuit appeals court ruled.

This Fall, Know Your Religious Liberty Rights in Public Schools

Headed back to school? The law robustly protects religious liberty in public schools. Here’s how…

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