Showing posts with label Judiciary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Judiciary. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Texas Judicial Conduct Commission Withdraws Reprimand of Judge Who Refused to Perform Same-Sex Weddings

›
As previously reported , in 2019 the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct issued a Public Warning to Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensl...
Monday, July 01, 2024

Justice of the Peace's Challenge to Reprimand for Refusing Same-Sex Marriage Officiation Is Remanded

›
 In Hensley v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct , (TX Sup. Ct., June 28, 2024), the Texas Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, held that a...
Thursday, November 16, 2023

Biden Nominates First Muslim Federal Appeals Court Judge

›
The White House yesterday announced several nominations that President Biden intends to make to federal circuit and district courts. Among...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023

SCOTUS' New Ethics Code Includes Guidance on Involvement with Religious Organizations

›
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced the promulgation of a Code of Conduct ( full text ) for Supreme Court Justices. Several provisio...
Thursday, October 26, 2023

Texas Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments from JP Sanctioned for Refusing to Perform Same-Sex Weddings

›
The Texas Supreme Court yesterday heard oral arguments ( video of full oral arguments ) in Hensley v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, ...
Sunday, April 23, 2023

Judge Refuses to Recuse Himself from New Orleans Archdiocese Bankruptcy Matters

›
AP  and WWL-TV reported on Saturday that federal district court judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Greg Guidry, has refused to re...
Saturday, April 15, 2023

WAPO Says Judge Hid His Authorship of Anti-Abortion, Anti-LGBT Law Review Article

›
Washington Post reported today that Texas federal district court judge Matthew Kacsmaryk who issued last week's controversial opinion  ...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

French Catholic Bishops Set Up National Canonical Penal Court

›
On December 5, the Conference of Bishops of France in a lengthy press release ( full text in French ) announced the creation of a National C...
Friday, December 09, 2022

House Hearing Explores Lobbying of Supreme Court by Religious Conservatives

›
Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled  Undue Influence: Operation Higher Court and Politicking at SCOTUS . One of t...
Tuesday, December 06, 2022

En Banc rehearing Denied in Challenge to Courtroom Invocations

›
In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Mack , (5th Cir., Dec. 2, 2022), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals by a vote of 12-3 denied...
Friday, November 04, 2022

Disciplinary Warning to Justice of the Peace Who Would Not Perform Same-Sex Weddings Is Upheld

›
In Hensley v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct , (TX App., Nov. 3, 2022), a Texas state appellate court affirmed the dismissal of a suit...
Thursday, March 17, 2022

ABC Surveys Religious Views Of SCOTUS Nominee Jackson

›
  ABC News  features an article surveying what is known about Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's religious beliefs. ABC point...
Friday, March 04, 2022

French High Court Upholds Ban On Lawyers Wearing Religious Garb In Court

›
France's Court of Cassation , one of the country's four courts of last resort, this week upheld a rule of the Lille bar association ...
Friday, February 25, 2022

Jackson Chosen By Biden For Supreme Court: Little Record On Religion Issues

›
President Biden has announced that he will nominate D.C. Circuit Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to succeed Justice Breyer on the U.S. Supreme...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022

First Muslim Appointed To Permanent Seat On Israel's Supreme Court

›
According to the Jerusalem Post , in Israel yesterday the Judicial Selection Committee appointed four new justices to the Supreme Court, one...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

First Coptic Christian Picked As Head Of Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court

›
  AP reports  that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has appointed Boulos Fahmy, a Coptic Christian, as Chief Judge of Egypt's hig...
Saturday, August 21, 2021

School Board Cannot Remove Teacher's Suit To Federal Court

›
In Vlaming v. West Point School Board ,  (4th Cir., Aug. 20, 2021), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a school board defendant...
Wednesday, August 04, 2021

For First Time, Orthodox Rabbi Appointed To An Australian State Supreme Court

›
  ABC News  and Hamodia report that for the first time, an Orthodox rabbi has been appointed to a Supreme Court of a state in Australia. Ra...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

Judge Jack Weinstein Dies At Age 99-- Supporter of Jewish Group's Criminal Justice Reform Efforts

›
U.S. federal district Judge Jack B. Weinstein died on Tuesday at the age of 99. He served on the Eastern District of New York for 53 years--...
Friday, June 11, 2021

First Muslim Article 3 Judge Is Confirmed

›
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate by a vote of 81-16, confirmed  Zahid N. Quraishi to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey.  Qura...