The Guardian (UK)'s Sahil Kapur notes that in the recent mid-term elections here in the US, candidates expressing doubt or outright opposition to the separation of church and state in their campaigns did not fare well at the ballot box. Three Republican nominees,...
As I posted last week, Oklahoma residents overwhelmingly voted in favor of a constitutional amendment to ban judges from considering or applying Islamic Sharia law in their rulings. Now, a judge has issued a temporary restraining order to keep the measure from going...
A federal district court in Indiana has rejected the state's argument that the rising costs of kosher meals in prison justifies the abandonment of this religious accommodation. Under RLUIPA, the government must show a "compelling interest" to burden...
The editorial board of the NYTimes weighed in today on the question of Arizona's Christian school tuition tax credit scheme, considered by the Supreme Court earlier this week. In an op-ed fittingly titled "A Crack in the Wall Between Church and State,"...
Associated Press reports on a growing trend in successful fugitive-surrender programs: the use of churches as meeting points. In one legal dispute over the practice, separation of church and state advocates argued that the program too closely aligns churches with the...
