The Fourth Circuit will rehear Lund v. Rowan County en banc (the entire slate of judges, not just a three judge panel, will decide the case). This is a case focused on the prayers of a County Commission at its meetings. You can read more about the case here.
Lund v. Rowan County. Rowan County, North Carolina opens its board of commissioners meetings with a prayer. It is a routine practice, and the invocations rotate between board members. The bulk of the prayers invoke Christianity in some form. In 2012, the ACLU sent a letter to Rowan County objecting to the invocations, asserting a …
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Animaw Azige v. Holy Trinity Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church. Holy Trinity amended its constitution and bylaws. Soon after that, several church members sued for a declaratory judgment that several violations of the bylaws had occurred, including improperly conducting an election extending the terms of some council members, the adoption of the amendment, the transfer of …
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