First Amendment
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RE: Separation of Church and State
On November 3, 2026, (Election Day in the United States), the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments of counsel to determine if a church’s discrimination against homosexual or transgender people may disqualify it from financial assistance from the government under the United States Constitution. See St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, Sup.Ct. docket number 25-581.… Continue reading
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RE: A CHARITY’S RIGHT OF DONOR PRIVACY?
According to the United States Supreme Court, charitable organizations have a Constitutional right, under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, to keep the identities of their donors secret from state investigators, except to the extent that the state can show that the donor information is necessary for law enforcement purposes.[1] Now pending before the Court is… Continue reading
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RE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
June 5, 2025 The federal Constitution provides that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion . . . .” U.S. Const., Amendment I. It also provides that “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the . . . immunities of citizens of the United States . . .… Continue reading
