Showing posts with label Justice Department. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Justice Department. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

DOJ Sues California Coffee House for Discriminating Against Jewish Customers

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On Monday, the Justice Department filed suit in a California federal district court against an Oakland, California coffee house alleging vio...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Attorney General Outlines Strategy to Battle Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

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In an April 22 Memorandum titled "Preventing the Mutilation of American Children" ( full text ), U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi d...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

DOJ Hosts First Meeting of Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias

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 A Department of Justice press release  reports that yesterday the DOJ hosted the inaugural meeting of the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Chri...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Justice Department in Policy Change Files Amicus Brief Supporting Religious Charter School

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 As previously reported , the U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Oklahoma Virtual Charter School Board v. Drummond and the relate...
Friday, March 07, 2025

DOJ Dismisses Suit Claiming Idaho's Abortion Restrictions Conflict With EMTALA

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On Wednesday, both parties filed a Stipulation of Dismissal ( full text ) in United States v. State of Idaho,  (D ID, filed 3/5/2025). Accor...

DOJ Starts Title VII "Pattern or Practice" Investigation of Antisemitism at University of California

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The Department of Justice has launched an employment discrimination investigation of the University of California. A DOJ  press release thi...
Friday, February 07, 2025

President Trump Creates Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias

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Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias  ( full text ). The Order establishes within the...
Tuesday, February 04, 2025

Justice Department Announces Multi-Agency Task Force to Combat Antisemitism

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In a press release yesterday, the Department of Justice announced the formation of a multi-agency Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism. Accor...
Saturday, January 25, 2025

Pardons and Policy Changes Limit Use of FACE Act Against Abortion Protesters

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On Thursday, President Trump granted full and unconditional pardons to 23 defendants who were convicted of violations of the  Freedom of Acc...
Friday, January 24, 2025

DOJ Civil Rights Division Freezes New Initiatives

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The Washington Post yesterday reported that the Justice Department's new Chief of Staff has sent a memo to Kathleen Wolf, the new super...
Monday, January 20, 2025

Suit Challenges Federal Agency Rule Changes Protecting Against Gender Identity Discrimination

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Suit was filed last week in a Louisiana federal district court challenging rule changes interpreting five federal statutes. Defendants are H...
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Justice Department Sues Georgia City for Violating RLUIPA

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On Monday, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit in a Georgia federal district court against the city of Brunswick, Georgia, alleging that ...
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...