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Cases & Analysis
Case Page: Jeriah Sellers v. MeltSpa – Forcing Women to Escort Males into the Women’s Locker Room
The Spa Environment and Jeriah’s Duties Jeriah Sellers is employed by MeltSpa in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where she works as a concierge. MeltSpa provides salon and spa treatments. In preparation for their treatments, guests undress in multi-user locker rooms,...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church – First Amendment & RLUIPA – Discrimination against Churches
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church is a small Ukrainian Catholic parish in Collier Township, Pennsylvania, whose members belong to an ancient Eastern Christian tradition rooted in Ukraine and worship according to millennia-old liturgical customs. Ukrainian...
Youth 71Five Ministries v. Oregon – Exclusion of Faith-Based Employers from State Grant Program
Independence Law Center Supports Oregon Youth Ministry Barred from Program for its Religious Hiring Standards in the U.S. Supreme Court On February 13, 2026, the Independence Law Center filed a brief in support of Youth 71Five Ministries, a Christian nonprofit...
Hecox (Idaho) & B.P.J. (West Virginia) — State Statutes Protecting Girls’ Sports
October 2025 While Title IX has, for years, clearly permitted separate categories for males and females in athletics, activists began a coordinated effort to force entities to accept males on female teams. In response, in March 2020, Idaho Governor Brad Little signed...
Analysis: Release Time From Public Schools for Religious Instruction
October 2025 In Pennsylvania, state law mandates that schools must permit students to be dismissed for up to thirty-six (36) hours per school year for religious instruction. “Release-Time Programs” operate to provide religious instruction to students during the...
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