Thursday, May 07, 2026

Today Is National Day of Prayer

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36 US Code §119  provides that "The President shall issue each year a proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as a National ...

Norway's Supreme Court Upholds Jehovah's Witnesses State Registration and Funding

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Last week, the Supreme Court of Norway in State v. Jehovah's Witnesses ,  (Høyesterett, April 29, 2026), invalidated decisions of govern...

ADL Releases 2025 Antisemitism Data

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 The Anti-Defamation League yesterday released its  Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2025 . The Audit reported in part: The year 2025 was the ...
Wednesday, May 06, 2026

President Declares May As Jewish American Heritage Month

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On Monday, President Trump issued a Proclamation ( full text ) declaring May as Jewish American Heritage Month. The Proclamation reads in pa...

ED Says Smith College Should Lose Title IX Exception for Single-Sex Colleges Because It Admits "Biological Men"

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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced on Monday that it has opened a Title IX sex-discrimination investigatio...

Prosecution Need Not Refer to Defendant by His Religious Name During His Criminal Trial

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In United States v. Green ,  (WD VA, May 4, 2026), defendant was charged with failing to update his sex offender registration. In a pretrial...
Tuesday, May 05, 2026

Kentucky Trial Court Holds Definition of "Human Being" In Abortion Statute Is Void for Vagueness

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In Sobel v. Coleman ,  (KY Cir. Ct., May 1, 2026), a Kentucky state trial court issued a declaratory judgment holding that the definition of...

Egyptian Court Dismisses on Procedural Grounds Suit Over Easter as National Holiday

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  ADF International on April 30 reported : An Egyptian court has declined to rule on a petition to establish Easter as a national holiday, i...
Monday, May 04, 2026

Supreme Court Grants 1-Week Administrative Stay of 5th Circuit's Abortion Drug Decision

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito this morning granted an administrative stay until 5:00 PM on May 11th in Danco Laboratories, L.L.C. ...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Reva B. Siegel & Mary Ziegler, Dismantling Equality Rights Through "Biological-Sex" Talk,  (105 Texas L. Rev. (fort...
Sunday, May 03, 2026

Mifepristone Makers Ask Supreme Court to Stay 5th Circuit's Ruling Ending Mail-Order Delivery of Abortion Drug

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As previously reported , last Friday the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay pending appeal of the FDA's 2023 ruling that r...

Suit Challenges Idaho's Ban on Transgender Use of Gender-Conforming Bathrooms

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Six transgender residents of Idaho filed a class-action lawsuit last week in an Idaho federal district court challenging recently enacted HB...
Friday, May 01, 2026

5th Circuit Stays FDA Ruling That Allows Mail Order Delivery of Mifepristone

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In State of Louisiana v. Food and Drug Administration ,  (5th Cir., May 1, 2026), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay pendi...

Court Orders Action to Protect Reputation of Party Sanctioned by Rabbinical Court

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In   In re Bain v. Strulovitch , (Westchester Cty. NY Sup. Ct., April 29, 2026), a New York state trial court found itself in the middle of ...

President's Task Force on Anti-Christian Bias Issues Report

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Yesterday, the President's Task Force to Eradicate anti-Christian Bias issued a report ( full text ) titled Eradicating Anti-Christian B...

T-Shirt Slogans Were Not the Exercise of Religion

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In Spihes v. Smith , (D KS, April 29, 2026), a Kansas federal district court dismissed most of the claims brought by a Christian citizen jou...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

White House Posts Presidential Message Marking 419th Anniversary of the Cape Henry Cross

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Yesterday, the White House posted a "Presidential Message on the Anniversary of the First Landing and the Raising of the Cape Henry Cro...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Supreme Court: Pregnancy Resource Center Has Standing to Challenge Subpoena for Donor Records

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The Supreme Court today in First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport ,  (Sup. Ct., April 29, 2026), held that First Choic...

British Court Reverses Conviction of Christian for Sending Offensive Anti- Abortion Emails

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In The King v. Skinner , (Crown Ct., April 24, 2026), a British Crown Court set aside a Magistrate Court's conviction under the Communic...

Apache Stronghold Sues Again to Prevent Transfer of Religious Site to Copper Mining Company

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Last week, another suit was filed by the Native American organization, Apache Stronghold, challenging the transfer of 2500 acres of National...