NY Health Commissioner Says "Mother Nature" Is Punishing Amish Children With Measles Outbreak This is the sort of animus to religion that led to defeats in Fulton and Masterpiece Cakeshop. Reason · Oct 22
Skrmetti, Mahmoud, and B.P.J v. Bostock and Kingdom The Court seems concerned enough about transitioning children but not adult (prisoners). Reason · Oct 21
New York Is Fining Amish Schools Over Vaccines, So the Amish Are Asking the Supreme Court for Help After $118,000 in fines for allowing unvaccinated students to attend Amish schools, the plaintiffs are pursuing a case that could reshape how the courts protect religious exercise. Reason · Oct 8
Religious Vaccine Exemption Petitions Keep Reaching the Supreme Court After Justices Reject a New York Mother's Emergency Request More than half a dozen religious vaccine exemption petitions have reached the Supreme Court since May. What the latest denial did and did not decide. Medical Daily · Sep 15
'The country is falling apart': Iranians tell Euronews how war emptied their wallets In a Euronews exclusive, Euronews Farsi spoke with drivers, small business owners and salaried workers about life in an economy where fuel prices doubled overnight, and people can no longer afford basic food items. Euronews · Sep 10
Parents' Free Exercise Claim Against School for Referring to Student by "Preferred Name[] and Gender Pronoun[]" Can Go Forward From Judge Paul Maloney (W.D. Mich.) in Mead v. Rockford Public School Dist.: Dan and Jennifer Mead have a child,… The post Parents' Free Exercise Claim Against School for Referring to Student by "Preferred Name[] and Gender Pronoun[]" Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Aug 7
Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #210 Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board governance, the politics surrounding it, and education policy. Ballotpedia · Jun 17
Youth Climate Plaintiffs Challenge Endangerment Repeal on Religious Liberty Grounds Constitutional climate litigation seems to know no bounds. Reason · Jun 5
The deadliest 10 minutes in decades: Lebanese reel from Israeli strikes that killed hundreds Beirut residents and officials say civilians were main casualties in operation that bombed 100-plus targets in 10 minutes The Guardian - UK · Apr 9
If Chiles Was So Lopsided, Why Did The Court Deny Cert In Tingley? The legal landscape for transgender cases has changed since 2023. Reason · Apr 2
It’s Getting Tougher to Teach LGBTQ History, Even Where It’s Required by Law California law requires public schools to teach about the contributions of LGBTQ people. Teachers say that’s only getting harder under Trump. Capital & Main · Mar 24
Mirabelli Offers a Beautiful Vision of the Emergency Docket Justices Barrett and Kavanaugh, as well as the Chief Justice, are on the same page. Reason · Mar 3
The Transgender Athletics Cases They were not as combative as I would have expected, and maybe even not 6-3. Reason · Jan 14
Ninth Circuit Suspends Injunction Blocking California Policy Limiting Teachers' Disclosure to Parents of Student's Changed Gender Identity A short excerpt from the Ninth Circuit's order yesterday in Mirabelli v. Bonta (Chief Judge Mary Murguia, joined by Judges… The post Ninth Circuit Suspends Injunction Blocking California Policy Limiting Teachers' Disclosure to Parents of Student's Changed Gender Identity appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Jan 6
The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025 Thousands in Gaza are missing 2 years into the war. Tormented families search for clues Two years since the war in Gaza began, thousands of Palestinians there are looking for relatives who have gone missing in one of the most destructive conflicts of the past decades
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025 Israeli fire in the West Bank killed their kids. Palestinian families want to know why The United Nations reports that 18 children under 15 have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank this year
Al Jazeera · Sep 20, 2025 Israel shot her son and took his body. She can’t bury him or mourn Israeli soldiers took Mahmoud Sanaqra after they shot him in February. His mother is still waiting to get him back.
Euronews · Aug 20, 2025 Aid drivers hope for Gaza entry as Egyptian and Palestinian leaders meet at Rafah crossing Euronews travelled to the Rafah border crossing with the Egyptian foreign minister and the Palestinian premier.
Al Jazeera · Jul 26, 2025 Israeli attacks, forced starvation kill more than 70 Palestinians in Gaza In the face of global anger, Israel announces planned humanitarian pause in civilian centres to enable aid distribution.
Reason · Jul 14, 2025 Skrmetti, Mahmoud, and Free Speech Coalition - "Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?" I think Skrmetti, Mahmoud, and Free Speech Coalition can be summed up in a meme: Won't somebody please think of the Children? But more… The post Skrmetti, Mahmoud, and Free Speech Coalition - "Won't Somebody Please Think of the Children?" appeared first on Reason.com.
Reason · Jul 9, 2025 Justice Thomas Avoids Substantive Due Process with Meyer and Pierce Thomas may attempt to recast Pierce as a Free Exercise case, but it cannot be understood in that fashion.
Reason · Jul 9, 2025 The Status of Smith and Yoder After Mahmoud The Court continues avoiding the Smith issue, but in an unexpected way.
Reason · Jul 9, 2025 Contrasting Coercion for the Free Exercise Clause in Mahmoud and Coercion for the Establishment Clause in Kennedy The Court finds that the government cannot indirectly coerce children who are exercising their religious beliefs, but the government can indirectly coerce children who are not exercising their religious beliefs.