Friday, November 07, 2025

Supreme Court: Trump Administration Rules on Passport Gender Markers Can Go into Effect While Appeals Move Forward

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In Trump v. Orr , (Sup. Ct., Nov. 6, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court by a 6-3 vote granted an emergency stay of a preliminary injunction that ...

FACE Act Suit Filed Against Anti-Israel Agitators

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Suit was filed this week in a California federal district court against nine named defendants and 40 unnamed defendants alleging disruption ...

Suit Seeking Damages for False Prediction of the Rapture Is Dismissed Under Anti-SLAPP Law

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 In March 2025, a New York resident filed suit in a Connecticut state trial court against a Christian YouTube channel and the preacher who ...
Thursday, November 06, 2025

Religious College Challenges Exclusion from Chicago's Student Teacher Program

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Suit was filed this week in an Illinois federal district court by the Moody Bible Institute challenging the Chicago Board of Education with ...

Priest's Defamation Suit Dismissed on Ecclesiastical Abstention Grounds

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In Catholic Diocese of Richmond v. Smalls ,  (VA App, Nov. 5, 2025), a Virginia state appellate court dismissed on ecclesiastical abstention...
Wednesday, November 05, 2025

Texas Voters Approve Parental Rights Amendment

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Texas voters yesterday by a vote of 70% to 30%  adopted an amendment to the state Constitution providing: To enshrine truths that are deeply...

Trump Calls Out Jews Who Vote for Mamdani

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 In a Truth Social post ( full text ) yesterday, President Donald Trump said: Any Jewish person who votes for Zohran Mamdani, a proven and s...

Trump Declares Nigeria a "Country of Particular Concern"

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 On October 31, President Trump announced on Truth Social ( full text ) that he is designating Nigeria as a "Country of Particular Conc...
Tuesday, November 04, 2025

Presidential Message on All Saints Day

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On November 1, President Trump issued a Presidential Message on All Saints Day ( full text ). It reads in part: On All-Saints’ Day, the Firs...

School May Bar Teacher from Hanging Crucifix on Classroom Wall

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In Arroyo-Castro v. Gasper ,  (D CT, Nov. 3, 2025), a Connecticut federal district court in a 54-page opinion rejected claims of a public mi...

Village's Zoning Law for Places of Worship Is Unconstitutional

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In Lubavitch of Old Westbury, Inc. v. Incorporated Village of Old Westbury, New York ,   (ED NY, Oct. 30, 2025), a New York federal district...

Local Church's Property Held in Trust for Parent United Methodist Church

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In French Broad United Methodist Church v. Holston Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church ,  (TN App., Oct. 31, 20225), a Tennesse...
Monday, November 03, 2025

9th Circuit: Oregon Right to Life Group Is a Religious Organization

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In Oregon Right to Life v. Stolfi ,  (9th Cir., Oct. 31, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, remanded the case ...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Matthew Bolton, Anti-Zionism as 'Protected Belief': The Case of David Miller , (Forthcoming in Industrial Law Journal). L...
Sunday, November 02, 2025

Court Cannot Require Congregational Vote on Disaffiliation from Methodist Parent Body

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In Ex parte Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. , (AL Sup. Ct., Oct. 31, 2025), the Alabama Supreme Court i...
Friday, October 31, 2025

FDA Restrictions on Abortion Drug Held to Be Arbitrary and Capricious

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 In Purcell v. Kennedy ,  (D HI, Oct. 30, 2025), a Hawaii federal district court, in a 79-page opinion, held that the FDA must re-evaluate t...

Christian Opposition to Halloween Surfaces Again

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Today is Halloween. The Wild Hunt  this week reported on growing Christian religious opposition to Halloween celebrations. The report says i...