Report on Religious Liberty & Immigration — The Law, Rights & Religion Project This report is intended as a practical tool for immigration attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, civil rights advocates, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship. Thumbnail image courtesy ...

I wanted to put this report on your radar: lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/rel...

Join @lizrplatt.bsky.social on Monday at 1pm ET for an @interfaithalliance.org panel on how the Trump administration and Supreme Court are breaking down the United States' constitutional separation between church and state.

Register here: support.interfaithalliance.org/a/brick-bric...

We (mostly) won't, for theological, practical, and numerical reasons, and I think they basically know that. My take anyway. 😐

Religious liberty!

I promise I did not come up with the copy for this 😳

Report on Religious Liberty & Immigration — The Law, Rights & Religion Project This report is intended as a practical tool for immigration attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, civil rights advocates, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship. Thumbnail image courtesy ...

Hi Yonat-- this new LRRP report might be of interest: lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/rel...

From Sanctuary to Courtroom: Immigration and Religious Liberty with Legal expert Elizabeth Reiner Platt Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush interviews Elizabeth Reiner Platt, ⁠Director of the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Union Seminary.⁠ Liz is the author of the Project's new report,

Had a great conversation with @raushenbush.bsky.social at @interfaithalliance.org about LRRP's new report on religious liberty & immigration. Thanks for inviting me!

www.interfaithalliance.org/post/from-sa...

Report on Religious Liberty & Immigration — The Law, Rights & Religion Project This report is intended as a practical tool for immigration attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, civil rights advocates, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship. Thumbnail image courtesy ...

For more on this case and many, many others at the intersection of religious freedom and immigration enforcement: lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/rel...

Featuring litigation spearheaded by @democracyforward.org, @icapgeorgetown.bsky.social, @ccrjustice.org, @protectdemocracy.org, @aclu.org, @immcouncil.org, @justiceactionctr.bsky.social, @freemigration.bsky.social, @justicebeginshere.bsky.social ‬ and many, many others!

Report on Religious Liberty & Immigration — The Law, Rights & Religion Project This report is intended as a practical tool for immigration attorneys, criminal defense lawyers, civil rights advocates, faith-based organizations, and houses of worship. Thumbnail image courtesy ...

@lawrightsreligion.bsky.social just released a new report on how faith communities are challenging brutal immigration policies as a violation of their religious freedom.

Read it & share.

lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/rel...

The court didn't believe her, ruling that she "offers nothing to show plausibly that this is belief is 'sincerely held' and 'rooted in religious belief.'"

I'm not aware of any judge showing such skepticism of anti-trans beliefs.

An infuriating recent example of courts assuming only conservative religion is legitimate.

In Elias v. Griffin, a trans woman held in a men's prison filed a suit claiming that living with men violated her religious beliefs...

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Re-upping this: if you know of any incident in your area where ICE and/or federal agents have conducted immigration enforcement actions on the grounds of a house of worship or nearby, let me know.

You can reach me via email (see bio) or on Signal (jackmjenkins.60) here: signal.me#eu/LbyCqNu0p...

Absolutely the right decision after Hobby Lobby.

We wrote about Safehouse, the Church of Safe Injection, and other religious groups in our 2019 report.

lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/who...

"She said her father has spent his time in detainment ministering to ICE agents."

The Pastoral was Political: Religious Rights and Reproductive Freedom Before Roe ABSTRACT. This article explores a forgotten history of religious activism for reproductive rights in the courts before Roe v. Wade. These legal challenges

New article just dropped!

Thx to @lsepper.bsky.social, @maryrziegler.bsky.social, @lizrplatt.bsky.social, @jennholland.bsky.social, and others not on here for reading early drafts.

academic.oup.com/jaar/advance...

lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/unm...

Photos of the Union and LRRP logos, with the text “Union Theological Seminary Welcomes Law, Rights & Religion Project as new Center”

@LawRightsReligion.Bsky.Social (LRRP)—the pre-eminent legal-strategy center reclaiming religious liberty for all—will make Union Theological Seminary (Union) its new institutional home this summer, capping eleven years of path-breaking work at Columbia Law School.

The mention of "institutional and relatively harmless antisemitism" is really the kicker here.

"According to the dissent, parents who send their children to public school must endure any instruction that falls short of direct compulsion" & "try to counteract that teaching at home."

Talk to Jews in December. My kid had an Elf on the Shelf in her class and it did not occur to me to sue.

Reading the Mahmoud decision and thinking of this excellent 2015(!) article by @ronitstahl.bsky.social

"Does pluralism mean everyone gets exactly what he or she wants, or does pluralism mean giving up a little to be part of a larger whole? Who gives up more?"

tif.ssrc.org/2015/01/14/t...

Are any of the cases that have already been filed class actions? Is there any site tracking them?

Liz, you should start doing regular book recs! Just finished "You Dreamed of Empires" from the last thread you started here about your book club. Will add this to the list.

The Black Religious Liberty Curriculum Expands the Conversation on “Religious Freedom” - AAR Despite a high level of religious practice, Black communities—and mentions of race altogether—are often ignored in both academic and media analysis of religious liberty law. In an effort to expand, re...

Proud to have participated.

aarweb.org/news/the-bla...

Ah, Jack, stop these articles and cases are coming out too fast for me to finally finish my dang report on religious freedom & immigration.

The Law, Rights & Religion Project

Yes, it's back up thanks! CU has been having IT issues-- but we did actually start a new non-CU website here for future reference! lawrightsreligion.org

The Original Abortion Bans Catholic hospitals have denied lifesaving care to pregnant patients since long before Dobbs—and their presence is expanding.

For @theprogressivemag June issue I wrote about the original abortion bans—how Catholic hospitals have denied and delayed care to miscarrying patients since long before Dobbs.

progressive.org/magazine/the...

The Southern Hospitals Report: Faith, Culture, and Abortion Bans in the U.S. South — The Law, Rights & Religion Project This report presents new research that hospitals across the region strictly regulate the provision of abortion, leading to delays and denials of care for patients facing severe pregnancy complications...

Thank you, Amy. Stellar, as always.

(Also FYI-- the link to the Southern Hospitals Report is down; could you use this one? lawrightsreligion.org/our-work/sou...)

Me: It's unwise to be charmed by politicians and you should never treat them like fictional characters you root for uncynically.

Also me: What if Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander were both mayor and had Bert & Ernie beds in Gracie Mansion?

Today's #AAR newsletter includes a #Juneteenth reading list from @readingreligion.bsky.social; an intro to "The Black Religious Liberty Curriculum" from Columbia Law School's Law, Rights, and Religion Project; the latest advance JAAR article; and more. Read and subscribe! mailchi.mp/aarweb/publi...