In Phelps-Roper v. Ricketts, (8th Cir., Aug. 11, 2017), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Nebraska's Funeral Picketing Law against both facial and as-applied challenges brought by members of the Westboro Baptist Church. WBC has historically picketed military funerals-- which its...
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Suit Seeks To Protect Eruv In New Jersey Township
A suit was filed last week in New Jersey federal district court against the Township of Mahwah, NJ, seeking to prevent its use of a zoning ordinance that prohibits signs on utility poles as a basis to require Orthodox Jews to dismantle an eruv that was set up in a portion of the township. The...
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