Archive for the ‘Florida’ Category
Rich v. Buss Media Information Sheet
April 8, 2013
Background: Bruce Rich is an Orthodox Jew by birth, belief, and practice. He was born to Orthodox Jewish parents in Brooklyn, and raised in a kosher-observant household. Growing up, Rich received an in-depth Jewish education, including study of the Torah. As an adult, he maintained a kosher household. Like millions of observant Jews before him, [...]
The First Amendment in Prison
March 18, 2013
Becket Fund’s Lori Windham to speak on panel at Northwestern University School of Law
- Apr 16, 2013 @ 1:15 pm to @ 2:45 pm
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JRCLS 31st Annual State and Local Government Conference
March 14, 2013
Becket Fund’s Luke Goodrich to participate in debate at JRCLS conference
- Mar 29, 2013
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Stanford Law School Launches One-of-a-Kind Religious Liberty Clinic: January 14, 2013
February 10, 2013
Made Possible by $1.6M Gift from the Becket Fund
- Jan 14, 2013
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Hannah Smith and Eric Baxter to Speak at J. Reuben Clark Law Society Conference
Becket Fund’s Hannah Smith to introduce Justice Clarence Thomas, Eric Baxter to speak on panel
- Feb 14, 2013 to Feb 16, 2013
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Rich v. Buss (current)
November 28, 2012
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed an appeal on behalf of Bruce Rich, an Orthodox Jewish prison inmate who has been denied a kosher diet by the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC). The Becket Fund is arguing that denial of kosher food violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), because it [...]
Cotton v. Florida Department of Corrections
October 26, 2012
Alan J. Cotton was a prisoner in Florida’s Everglades Correctional Institution who tried for several years to get the state Department of Corrections to provide him with kosher meals. Cotton was born and raised in the Jewish faith, and was a “sincere adherent of Orthodox Judaism” who “believes he is required to keep a kosher [...]
Ave Maria University v. Sebelius
February 20, 2012
Jim Towey, President of Ave Maria University, knows first-hand the immense value religious people of all faiths bring to the public square and is determined to stop the Administration’s efforts to push them to the margins. Towey worked with Mother Teresa for 12 years, and saw her establish AIDs clinics and homeless shelters, then served [...]
Council for Secular Humanism v. McNeil, Florida, (2007-present)
February 7, 2011
For years, two halfway houses in Florida, Prisoners of Christ and Lamb of God Ministries, have provided substance abuse counseling, housing, and other services to recently released prisoners, all entirely on a voluntary basis. This helps to reintegrate released prisoners back into society, reducing the number of repeat offenders. Their reward? Getting sued by the [...]
Lori Windham to speak to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
February 20, 2010
Becket Fund’s Lori Windham to speak at an upcoming U.S. Commission on Civil Rights meeting
- Mar 22, 2013 @ 9:00 am to @ 12:30 pm
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