Religion Clause, an independent legal academic blog on religion and law not affiliated with Jehovah's Witnesses or the Norwegian government, reporting the Norwegian Supreme Court's 29 April 2026 decision, including the children's rights and free withdrawal issues the court addressed, the two justice dissent, and the amicus brief filed by the Centre for Law and Religious Freedom at Jagiellonian University and Harvard Law School's Religious Freedom Clinic.
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An independent legal academic blog analyzing the court's own reasoning rather than relaying either party's account, tier 2, used here as an independent cross check on the ruling's legal substance. NotesUsed for the court's legal reasoning on the two issues addressed, the dissent, and the amicus brief filers.
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PublisherReligion Clause
Publication Year2026
URLhttp://religionclause.blogspot.com/2026/05/norways-supreme-court-upholds-jehovahs.html
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