Showing posts with label North Dakota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label North Dakota. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 25, 2024

EEOC Rules on Accommodating Abortions and Barring Transgender Discrimination Burden Religious Exercise of Catholic Diocese

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In Catholic Benefits Association v. Burrows ,  (D ND, Sept. 23, 2024), a North Dakota Catholic diocese and a Catholic organization supportin...
Friday, September 13, 2024

North Dakota Trial Court Says State Abortion Ban Violates State Constitution

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 In Access Independent Health Services, Inc. v. Wrigley ,  (ND Dist, Ct., Sept. 12, 2024), a North Dakota state trial court judge held that ...
Friday, July 14, 2023

Court Says HHS Used "Smurfing" To Avoid Review of Guidance To Pharmacies

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In State of Texas v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services , (WD TX, July 12, 2023), a Texas federal district court refused to dism...
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

North Dakota Governor Signs New Abortion Ban That Has Limited Exceptions

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Yesterday, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum signed  SB 2150 ( full text ) into law. The new law bars abortions except when it was intended ...
Tuesday, April 04, 2023

North Dakota Enacts A State RFRA

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Last week, North Dakota Governor Dout Burgum signed House Bill No. 1136 ( full text ), North Dakota's version of the Religious Freedom R...
Friday, March 17, 2023

North Dakota Supreme Court: State Constitution Protects Right to Abortion to Save Life or Health of Mother

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In  Wrigley v. Romanick ,  (ND Sup. Ct., March 16, 2023), the North Dakota Supreme Court refused to vacate a trial court's preliminary i...
Thursday, April 01, 2021

North Dakota Enacts Law To Limit Restrictions On Religious Exercise During Health Emergencies

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On March 29, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum signed into law Senate Bill 2181 ( full text ) which limits the authority of the State Health...
Thursday, January 21, 2021

Transgender Health Care Mandate Violates RFRA Rights of Catholic Entities

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In Religious Sisters of Mercy v. Azar ,  (D ND, Jan. 19, 2021), a North Dakota federal district court in a 57-page opinion, granted a number...
Thursday, March 26, 2020

Sioux Tribes Get Delay In Dakota Access Pipeline

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In Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers , (D DC, March 25, 2020), the D.C. federal district court held that the Army Co...
Monday, October 16, 2017

Couple Sues Over Catholic Charities Refusal To Allow Adoption

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AP reports that a North Dakota couple is suing Catholic Charities for $6.5 million because the organization refused to allow them to adopt ...
Saturday, June 17, 2017

Environmental Impact Challenge To Dakota Access Pipeline Is Partially Successful

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While in March a D.C. federal district court rejected a RFRA challenge by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to the Dakota Access Pipeline proje...
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Court Denies Preliminary Injunction In Tribal Challenge To Dakota Pipeline

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AP reports that a federal district judge in Washington, D.C. yesterday refused to grant a temporary injunction against construction of the ...
Friday, February 10, 2017

RFRA Challenge To Dakota Access Pipeline Filed

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As previously reported , last month President Trump issued a Presidential Memorandum directing the Secretary of the Army to expedite approva...
Wednesday, February 08, 2017

Dakota Pipeline Will Move Ahead Despite Native American Objections

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Washington Post reports that in a court filing yesterday the U.S. Army said that it will grant developers a 30-year easement under North Da...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Trump Revives Dakota Pipeline, With Some Ambiguity As To Tribal Objections

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As reported by the Washington Post , President Trump yesterday issued a Presidential Memorandum ( full text ) directing the Secretary of the...
Monday, January 02, 2017

Another Challenge Filed To HHS Rule on Transgender and Pregnancy Termination Discrimination

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Another lawsuit has been filed challenging the Department of Health and Human Services rules that bar discrimination on the basis of gender ...
Monday, December 05, 2016

Victory For Sioux: Army Says Dakota Pipeline Must Find Alternative Route

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In a major victory for cultural and religious rights of the  Sioux Tribe, the U.S. Army announced yesterday that will not approve an easeme...
Tuesday, November 08, 2016

Another Court Challenge To HHS Rules On Medical Services For Transgender Individuals

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Following on a lawsuit filed in August (see prior posting ), yesterday a lawsuit was filed by different plaintiffs challenging new rules ( f...
Thursday, November 03, 2016

Obama: Army Corps Looking For Alternative Pipeline Route To Protect Sioux Lands

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As previously reported , the Sioux Tribe has been embroiled in litigation attempting to stop construction of an oil pipeline near the Standi...
Saturday, September 17, 2016

Federal Court Dissolves TRO Against Native American Pipeline Demonstrators

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According to a National Lawyers Guild press release , yesterday a North Dakota federal district court dissolved an ex parte  temporary restr...