Case Page: Meriwether v. The Trustees of Shawnee State University

Case Page: Meriwether v. The Trustees of Shawnee State University

Dr. Nicolas Meriwether, a philosophy professor, was punished by Shawnee State University because he declined a male student’s demand to be referred to as a woman, with feminine titles and feminine pronouns.  Dr. Meriwether offered to use the student’s first or last...
Case Page: Calvary Chapel of Stroudsburg v. Monroe County

Case Page: Calvary Chapel of Stroudsburg v. Monroe County

The Independence Law Center filed this case because county officials were forcing a church to pay taxes on their entire property and building as if they were a for-profit corporation – something no church should have to do. The result: a big win, which means that...
Case Page: Sharonell Fulton, et al. v. City of Philadelphia

Case Page: Sharonell Fulton, et al. v. City of Philadelphia

Summary On March 15, 2018, Philadelphia stopped placing foster children with families working with Catholic Social Services (CSS), which was just one among 30 foster agencies in the City. The City terminated the contract with CSS and made it illegal for CSS to...

Case Page: Baker v. Edwards

Summary In 2018, the South Carolina Department of Health & Human Services determined that the state’s abortion providers were unqualified to receive state Medicaid funding. Planned Parenthood and Julie Edwards, a state resident demanding to use Medicaid services...