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Christopher Tyler Bray v. Texas

IFP petition · Supreme Court of Texas, No. 25-0659 · judgment September 5, 2025


Certiorari denied · February 23, 2026

Question presented

What is the meaning of religion as it concerns the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause of the 1 st Amendment, and what are the implications of such? How is the court system and entire government supposed to handle, according to their constitutional law, an individual who proffers evidence of his Anointment according to Christian Scripture? According to compelling interest tests in Free Exercise cases and the solemn oath of the government to serve the better interest of the people, that the people may not understand themselves as is remedied by the mechanisms of a Republic, would it not then be explicitly in the interest of the government to respect the Truth when the Truth has been revealed?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Christopher Tyler Bray

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 23 2026
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 29 2026
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/20/2026.
  3. Dec 02 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 16, 2026)