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I guess this is a good place to drop this CNN.com article I saw this mroning about all the religious/1A cases coming up this term. (Yup, it's starting up again!)

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/politics/supreme-court-religious-freedom-church-state/index.html

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Supreme Court flooded with prayers for relief from groups eager to promote religion

By John Fritze, CNN
8 minute read
Published 6:00 AM EDT, Mon September 30, 2024

(CNN) — Religious interest groups are queuing up a series of high-profile appeals at the Supreme Court this fall that could further tear down the wall separating church and state, seeking to take advantage of a friendly 6-3 conservative majority that has rapidly pushed the law in their favor in recent years.

Catholic groups are challenging a New York State requirement that health insurance plans cover medically necessary abortions, for instance. A group of Muslim and Eastern Orthodox parents in Maryland want to opt their elementary school children out of reading books about gender and sexuality. And a Tampa synagogue hopes to advertise its annual ice-skating themed Hannukah celebration on public buses.

After winning a string of major victories from the court in recent years, several of the groups involved are anxious for a further expansion of the First Amendment’s free exercise clause, which guarantees the right to practice religion free of government interference.

“The free exercise litigators think they’ve got the votes now and they’re being pretty aggressive about pushing cases up there,” said Douglas Laycock, a University of Virginia law professor and a leading authority on religious law. “What you’re seeing is a response to the conservatives’ enthusiasm for free exercise.”

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