Plaintiff sought injunctive relief against pre-abortion requirements of the Missouri Informed Consent Law. Plaintiff did not argue that compliance would place an undue burden on her right to an abortion but instead violated her rights under the Establishment Clause and ...

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New Doe Child v. U.S. (MLW No. 72064/Case No. 16-4440 – 18 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Gruender, J.)

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Doe v. Greitens (MLW No. 71086/Case No. WD80387 – 11 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, Newton, J.)

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Red River Freethinkers v. City of Fargo (MLW No. 66856/Case No. 13-1934 – 12 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)

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Let us take a little trip to Sabine Parish. It is located in “the Bible Belt” of Louisiana. How do we know that? Because the superintendent of the Sabine Parish School District said so to the parents of a Buddhist sixth-grader.

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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court faced the task of drawing a line between permissible religious addresses by private citizens at public meetings and unconstitutional government-sanctioned prayer today.

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American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota v. Tarek ibn Ziyad Academy, et al. (MLW No. 62444/Case No. 10-2326 – 10 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)

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