Showing posts with label Justice Department. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Justice Department. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Defendant Sentenced To 11 Years for Arson Attacks on Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Halls

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Last Friday, a Washington federal district court sentenced 52-year-old Mikey Diamond Starrett to 11 years in prison followed by three years ...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

18 Year Prison Sentence Imposed for Firebombing Church

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The Department of Justice announced that on Monday an Ohio federal district court sentenced Aimenn D, Penny to 18 years in prison followed ...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

White House Summarizes Recent Initiatives to Combat Antisemitism and Islamophobia at Schools and Colleges

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The White House yesterday issued a  Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Takes Action to Address Alarming Rise of Reported Antisemitic a...
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

DOJ Announces Outreach Programs on RLUIPA

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In a press release last Friday, the Justice Department announced that to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Religious Land Use and Institutio...
Thursday, April 13, 2023

5th Circuit Allows Part of Stay on Abortion Pills To Remain; U.S. Will Appeal to Supreme Court

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 In Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Food & Drug Administration , (5th Cir., April 12, 2023), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ...
Thursday, February 16, 2023

DOJ Enters Consent Decree with Lansing, MI In Suit Over Firing of 7th Day Adventist Employee

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The U.S. Department of Justice announced yesterday that it has entered into a consent decree with the city of Lansing, Michigan to settle a...
Friday, February 03, 2023

20 State AG's Warn Pharmacies Against Mailing Abortion Pills

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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced on Tuesday that 20 state attorneys general have sent letters to Walgreen's and CVS ph...
Saturday, August 13, 2022

Justice Department Initiates Investigation Of Sex Abuse By Southern Baptist Clergy And Executives

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Baptist Press reported yesterday that the Justice Department has informed the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention that i...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

New Orleans Archdiocese Settles False Claims Act Lawsuit

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The Department of Justice announced this week that in a settlement of a False Claims Act lawsuit that was originally brought by a whistlebl...
Friday, October 15, 2021

Virginia County Allows Muslim Cemetery, Settling DOJ and Private Litigation

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The  Justice Department yesterday announced that it had filed a Notice of Dismissal  in United States v. Stafford County Virginia,  (ED VA,...
Wednesday, October 06, 2021

Federal District Court Enjoins Texas' Controversial "Heartbeat" Abortion Ban

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In United States v. State of Texas ,  (WD TX, Oct. 6, 2021), a Texas federal district court in a 113-page decision, preliminarily enjoined e...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

DOJ Seeks TRO To Prevent Suits Under Texas "Heartbeat" Abortion Bill

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After filing suit last week in a Texas federal district court to prevent the state of Texas from enforcing SB 8, Texas' "heartbeat...
Friday, September 10, 2021

Justice Department Sues Texas To Block Enforcement Of "Heartbeat" Abortion Ban

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The Department of Justice announced yesterday that it has filed suit in a Texas federal district court to prevent the state of Texas from e...
Friday, August 20, 2021

Expedited Asylum Procedures Proposed By DOJ and DHS

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The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice announced yesterday that they are publishing a 140-page Notice of Propose...
Friday, August 06, 2021

DOJ Reports On 15 Years Of Hate Crime Prosecutions

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Last month (July 8), the Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics issued a 15-page report titled  Federal Hate Crime Prosecutions,...
Thursday, June 17, 2021

DOJ's Special Counsel For Religious Discrimination Is Retiring

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In an e-mail sent out yesterday, Eric Treene who has been the Justice Department's Special Counsel for Religious Discrimination since 2...
Thursday, May 27, 2021

Kristen Clark Sworn In To Head Justice Department Civil Rights Division

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On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 51-48 , confirmed Kristen Clark as Assistant Attorney General to head the Justice Department'...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

OCR and Justice Back Off Trump Administration Policy On Transgender High School Athletes

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The Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has signaled a that it is reversing the Trump Administration's policy that did ...
Thursday, December 03, 2020

DOJ Sues New York Village Over Discriminatory Zoning Aimed At Orthodox Jews

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The Department of Justice announced yesterday that it has filed a RLUIPA lawsuit against the Village of Airmont, New York alleging that it ...
Thursday, June 11, 2020

DOJ Proposes Changes In Asylum Procedures

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The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security announced yesterday that they have submitted to the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed R...