Friday, April 17, 2026

U.S. Catholic Bishops Respond To VP Vance's Criticism of Pope Leo

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In his Palm Sunday Homily last month, Pope Leo XIV said in part: Brothers and sisters, this is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects w...

Coast Guard Enters Settlement in Suit Over Religious Exemptions from Covid Vaccine Mandate

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This week the Coast Guard entered a Settlement Agreement ( full text ) with three Coast Guard members who brought a class action contending ...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Justice Department Report Charges Biden Administration with Weaponization of FACE Act Enforcement

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Yesterday, the Justice Department Office of Legal Policy's Weaponization Working Group published a 37-page report (with over 800 pages o...

9th Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing in Vaccine Mandate Case

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In Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center , (9th Cir., April 15, 2926), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied both a panel rehearing...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Religious Liberty Commission Holds Final Hearing; Chairman Rejects Church-State Separation

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Yesterday, the President's Religious Liberty Commission held its final hearing, focusing on the past, present and future of religious li...

Ohio AG Sues to Prevent Closing of Reform Rabbinical School in Cincinnati

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Ohio Attorney General David Yost has filed suit in an Ohio state trial court seeking to prevent Hebrew Union College (HUC) from closing its ...

9th Circuit Hears Arguments on School's Anti-Bias Policy Protecting Transgender Students

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 On April 13, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in  Theis v. Intermountain Education Service District - Board of Di...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Catholic Hospice Sues Over NY Standards for Care of Transgender Patients

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Last week, Dominican Sisters who operate a home that provides palliative care for indigent, terminally ill cancer patients filed suit in a N...
Monday, April 13, 2026

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Dennis Wieboldt, 'But The Original Intent of the Constitution Would be Restored': Catholic Legal Thought and the Emergenc...
Sunday, April 12, 2026

Plaintiff Lacks Standing to Challenge Creation of Taks Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias

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In Hall v U.S. Department of Justice ,  (ND CA, April 9, 2026), a California federal district court held that plaintiff lacks standing to ch...
Friday, April 10, 2026

4th Circuit Upholds West Virginia's Compulsory Vaccination Law That Excludes Religious Exemptions

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In Perry v. Marteney ,  (4th Cir., April 8, 2026), the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, held that West Virginia's l...

Florida Appellate Court Questions Hierarchical Deference Approach to Church Property Disputes

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 In First United Methodist Church of Hobe Sound, Florida v. Board of Trustees of the Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Churc...