Showing posts with label Justice Department. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Justice Department. Show all posts
Friday, February 06, 2026

DOJ Settles RLUIPA Zoning Dispute with Pennsylvania Town

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In June 2025, the Justice Department instituted an investigation of alleged RLUIPA violations by the Borough of Kingston, Pennsylvania. At i...
Wednesday, December 10, 2025

DOJ Seeks to Intervene in Suit Over Christian Males' Reaction to Transgender Use of Boy's Locker Room

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The Justice Department this week filed a Motion to Intervene  and a Memorandum In Support of its motion in S.W. v. Loudoun County School Bo...
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

DOJ Brings FACE Act Suit Against Antisemitic Protesters

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In a press release  and at a news conference ( video ) the Justice Department announced that for the first time it has filed a civil complai...
Monday, September 29, 2025

Justice Department Issues Opinion to EEOC On Impact of Recent Developments for Federal Employees

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Earlier this month, the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued an advisory opinion Religious Liberty Protections for ...
Friday, August 01, 2025

Columbia and UCLA Settle Antisemitism Charges

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Last week (July 23), Columbia University announced that it had reached a settlement with the federal government to restore its research fun...
Sunday, July 13, 2025

Justice Department Sues California Over Its Gender Identity Policy in School Sports

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Last week, the Department of Justice sued California, alleging that it violates Title IX by permitting transgender girls to compete in girls...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

DOJ Sues California Coffee House for Discriminating Against Jewish Customers

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On Monday, the Justice Department filed suit in a California federal district court against an Oakland, California coffee house alleging vio...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Attorney General Outlines Strategy to Battle Gender-Affirming Care for Minors

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In an April 22 Memorandum titled "Preventing the Mutilation of American Children" ( full text ), U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi d...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

DOJ Hosts First Meeting of Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias

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 A Department of Justice press release  reports that yesterday the DOJ hosted the inaugural meeting of the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Chri...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Justice Department in Policy Change Files Amicus Brief Supporting Religious Charter School

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 As previously reported , the U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Oklahoma Virtual Charter School Board v. Drummond and the relate...
Friday, March 07, 2025

DOJ Dismisses Suit Claiming Idaho's Abortion Restrictions Conflict With EMTALA

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On Wednesday, both parties filed a Stipulation of Dismissal ( full text ) in United States v. State of Idaho,  (D ID, filed 3/5/2025). Accor...

DOJ Starts Title VII "Pattern or Practice" Investigation of Antisemitism at University of California

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The Department of Justice has launched an employment discrimination investigation of the University of California. A DOJ  press release thi...
Friday, February 07, 2025

President Trump Creates Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias

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Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias  ( full text ). The Order establishes within the...
Tuesday, February 04, 2025

Justice Department Announces Multi-Agency Task Force to Combat Antisemitism

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In a press release yesterday, the Department of Justice announced the formation of a multi-agency Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism. Accor...
Saturday, January 25, 2025

Pardons and Policy Changes Limit Use of FACE Act Against Abortion Protesters

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On Thursday, President Trump granted full and unconditional pardons to 23 defendants who were convicted of violations of the  Freedom of Acc...
Friday, January 24, 2025

DOJ Civil Rights Division Freezes New Initiatives

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The Washington Post yesterday reported that the Justice Department's new Chief of Staff has sent a memo to Kathleen Wolf, the new super...
Monday, January 20, 2025

Suit Challenges Federal Agency Rule Changes Protecting Against Gender Identity Discrimination

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Suit was filed last week in a Louisiana federal district court challenging rule changes interpreting five federal statutes. Defendants are H...
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Justice Department Sues Georgia City for Violating RLUIPA

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On Monday, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit in a Georgia federal district court against the city of Brunswick, Georgia, alleging that ...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Defendant Sentenced To 11 Years for Arson Attacks on Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Halls

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Last Friday, a Washington federal district court sentenced 52-year-old Mikey Diamond Starrett to 11 years in prison followed by three years ...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

18 Year Prison Sentence Imposed for Firebombing Church

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The Department of Justice announced that on Monday an Ohio federal district court sentenced Aimenn D, Penny to 18 years in prison followed ...