Steven T Collis in the Media

Market Place September 12, 2022

Marketplace Morning Report

Regarding a recent court ruling that Affordable Care Act requirements to cover HIV prevention drugs violate the religious freedom of companies providing healthcare coverage, Professor Steven Collis commented on the unlikelihood that many companies would try to apply this limitation to their employees.

Longtime political activist Chaz Stevens is fundraising to send posters reading “In God We Trust” in Arabic to Texas schools. (Chaz Stevens)

Washington Post August 25, 2022

Texas requires ‘In God We Trust’ signs in schools. A man wants some in Arabic.

Professor Steven Collis is interviewed on new Texas legislation that requires schools to post donated signs with the motto “In God We Trust,” and references an activist's effort to post it in Arabic.

“A Nun Among the Children,” by Ludwik Stasiak

Deseret News July 5, 2022

Perspective: The reckless misrepresentation of the school prayer case

Professor Steven Collis authors an opinion piece to clarify misconceptions surrounding Kennedy v. Bremerton, a recent ruling about a high school football coach who was fired for leading prayer on the 50-yard line.

Texas Standard July 1, 2022

Supreme Court rulings take on religious freedoms, sparking concerns over church and state separation

In an interview, Professor Steven Collis speaks on the significance of Kennedy v. Bremerton and Carson v. Makin, two recent Supreme Court rulings that muddle the separation between church and state in education.

KERA News June 13, 2022

Religious freedom or ‘life safety?’ Clash over Dallas apartment complexes lands in federal court

Professor Steven Collis is interviewed about federal acts being used as protection against the application of city code and zoning violations that infringe on residents' right to religious freedom at a Dallas apartment complex.

Deseret News February 13, 2022

Office for Civil Rights dismisses complaint against BYU

Professor Steven Collis is quoted in an article about BYU's religious exemption from certain Title IX requirements leading to a dismissal of a complaints that the school treats students involved in same- sex relationships differently.

Photographer: Patrick Smith/Getty Images

Bloomberg Law January 20, 2022

Coach Prayer Case at High Court to Test Limits of Religious Acts

Professor Steven Collis is quoted in an article about how a Supreme Court case about a former football coach fired for midfield prayers during games could help clarify first amendment rights surrounding religion.

A priest live-streaming a church service during COVID-19

Houston Chronicle October 21, 2021

Why Texas’ Proposition 3 will make future pandemics harder to deal with

Professor Steven T. Collis is quoted in an article regarding Texas' Proposition 3 which, if passed, could keep state and local governments from limiting in-person religious gatherings regardless of public health threats.

KXAN September 15, 2021

Tension in Texas: What is, and isn’t, allowed at ISD board meetings under state law

Professor Steven Collis was interviewed regarding the chaos in school board meetings regarding Covid protocols.

Youtube thumbnail screenshot of a Zoom call of Prof. Steven Collis on the top left screen, Nelson Tebbe on the top right screen, and Eugene Volokh on the bottom center screen.

Reason November 23, 2020

Conversation on Free Speech and Inequality Between Prof. Nelson Tebbe (Cornell) and Me

Prof. Steven Collis and the Bech-Loughlin First Amendment Center's event on free speech and inequality was featured on Reason.

Profs Laycock and Collis cited in U.S. District Court Northern District of New York Soos v Cuomo Order

Professors Douglas Laycock and Steven Collis's work, Generally Applicable Law and the Free Exercise of Religion, was cited in the U.S. District Court Northern District of New York October 30 order in Soos v Cuomo.

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