Tuesday, March 03, 2026

Indiana Governor Signs Law Barring State Religious Discrimination in Adoption or Foster Care

›
On February 26, Indiana Governor Mike Bruan signed House Enrolled Act 1389 ( full text ) which prohibits governmental discrimination in ado...
Monday, March 02, 2026

Supreme Court in Shadow Docket Case Rejects California's Policy on Informing Parents of Student's Gender Transition

›
On Monday evening, the U.S. Supreme Court in Mirabelli v. Bonta , (Sup. Ct., March 2, 2026), barred enforcement against objecting parents of...

Lawsuit Challenges Recent Kansas Law on Sex Designation for Restrooms, Birth Certificates, Driver's Licenses

›
On Feb.18, the Kansas legislature overrode Governor Laura Kelly's veto of SB 244  which requires the use of biological sex at birth to ...
Sunday, March 01, 2026

Recent Articles of Interest

›
 From SSRN: Candice Mason Kulbeth, Church Autonomy: A Universal Sequencing Question  ,(January 22, 2026). Ela A. Leshem, Normative Transplan...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

EEOC Says Federal Agencies May Base Restroom Access on Biological Sex

›
 In a February 26 press release , the EEOC announced: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2-1 today to approve a f...
Friday, February 27, 2026

9th Circuit: Anti-Transgender Comments Justify Mayor's Veto of Membership on Police Advisory Board

›
In Hodges v. Gloria ,  (9th Cir., Feb. 26, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected free speech and free exercise challenges to...

Street Preachers Can Move Ahead with Free Exercise Claims Against Police

›
In Raio v. City of Chicago , (ND IL, Feb. 24, 2026), two street preachers and a Gospel singer who had been cited and, on another occasion, a...

Canadian Province Awards $750,000 In Damages to LGBTQ Teachers For Trustee's Hate Speech

›
In the Canadian province of British Columbia, the province's Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a Board of Education trustee to pay damag...
Thursday, February 26, 2026

Clergy Seek Access To ICE Detainees

›
Suit was filed this week in a Minnesota federal district court by Evangelical Lutheran and United Church of Christ organizations and by a Ca...

DOJ Sues UCLA Under Title VII Alleging Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias

›
The Justice Department Civil Rights Division this week filed suit against the University of California alleging that UCLA violated Title VII...
Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Ban on Feeding Feral Animals Did Not Violate Plaintiff's Free Exercise Rights

›
In Barroca v. Hayward Area Recreation and Parks District ,  (ND CA, Feb. 23, 2026), a California federal district court dismissed all but a ...