In Rojas v. City of Ocala, (MD FL, May 24, 2018), a Florida federal district court held that the City of Ocala, Florida and its police chief violated the Establishment Clause when they organized and promoted a prayer vigil in response to a shooting spree plaguing the city. The vigil resulted from...
Month: June 2018
Iowa Supreme Court Dismisses Negligence, But Not Negligent Supervision, Claims Against Church Elders
In Bandstra v. Covenant Reformed Church, (IA Sup. Ct., filed 6/1/2018), the Iowas Supreme Court held that the 1st Amendment and parallel state constitutional provisions bar negligence claims against elders of the church for their response to disclosure that the church's pastor was having sexual...
Suit Challenges Arkansas Capitol Ten Commandments Monument
Suit was filed last month challenging the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument erected on the Arkansas state capitol grounds. The complaint (full text) in Orsi v. Martin, (ED AR, filed 5/23/2018), alleges that the monument violates the Establishment Clause. A press release from the...
Vegetarian Batch-Cooking for Winter: 1 1/2-Hour Prep, 6 Easy Meals !
Buy Clotilde's latest book, The French Market Cookbook! In addition to planning my menus, I have been doing more and more batch cooking these past few months. The idea of batch cooking is to block out time one day of the week to prep or cook a bunch of ingredients in advance, which you can draw...
New Higgs Boson Observations Reveal Clues on the Nature of Mass
For the first time the scientists have observed the famous Higgs boson, responsible for imparting mass, interacting with the heaviest particle in the universe -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com Source:...
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