Thursday, January 30, 2025

Executive Order Encourages School Choice

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Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order ( full text ) titled Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families.  The E...

Maine Supreme Court Invalidates Retroactive Removal of Limitation Period for Child Sex Abuse Claims

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In Dupuis v. Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland ,  (ME Sup. Ct., Jan. 28, 2025), Maine's Supreme Judicial Court, in a 4-2 decision, held ...

President Issues New Executive Order on Combatting Antisemitism

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President Trump yesterday issued a new Executive Order ( full text ) titled Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism. The Order reaffirms...

Trump Removes 2 EEOC Commissioners; New Acting Chair Says Agency Is Rolling Back Biden's "Gender Identity Agenda"

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Federal News Network  on Tuesday reported that President Donald Trump has removed two Democratic members of the Equal Employment Opportunity...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Lifeguard Who Has Religious Objections to Pride Month Has Claim for Undermining of His Religious Accommodation

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In Little v. Los Angeles County Fire Department ,  (CD CA, Jan. 25, 2025), a California federal district court allowed a Fire Department cap...

DC Circuit Revives Contempt Proceedings in RFRA Suit Against Fire Department

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In Calvert v. Potter ,  (DC Cir., Jan. 28, 2025), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit remanded to the district court a suit by a ...
Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Executive Orders Call for Military Reinstatement of Vaccine Objectors, Military Exclusion of Transgender Individuals

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Yesterday, President Trump issued an Executive Order titled Reinstating Service Members Discharged Under the Military's Covid-19 Vaccina...

Quaker Organizations Sue Over New Immigration Enforcement Policy

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Yesterday three organizations of Quaker congregations along with two individual congregations filed suit in a Maryland federal district cour...

Trump Takes Actions to Limit Federal Funding of Abortions

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On January 24, President Trump issued an Executive Order ( full text ) titled Enforcing the Hyde Amendment.  The Hyde Amendment bars federal...
Monday, January 27, 2025

Today Is International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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As designated by the United Nations , today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. January 27 was chosen because it is the anniversary ...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Cristina Tomuleț, Free Will in the Context of Sexual Offences. Why Is It Different? , (November 21, 2024). Kate Redburn, The Equ...
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...

Supreme Court Grants Cert. In Oklahoma Publicly-Funded Catholic Charter School Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday granted review in  Oklahoma Virtual Charter School Board v. Drummond,  (Docket No. 24-394, certiorari grant...
Friday, January 24, 2025

5th Circuit Hears Arguments on Louisiana Requirement for Classroom Posting of Ten Commandments

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Yesterday, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in  Roake v. Brumley . ( Audio of full oral arguments .) In the case, ...

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...
Thursday, January 23, 2025

7th Circuit Hears Arguments on Accommodating Teacher Who Objects to Using Students' Preferred Names and Pronouns

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Yesterday the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corporation. ( Audio of full or...

Kansas Court Says Statute Sets Low Threshold for Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccine Mandate

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In St. Luke's Health System, Inc. v. State of Kansas ex rel. Schultz , (KS App., Jan. 17, 2025), a Kansas state appeals court held that ...

Negligence Claim Against Army Chaplain Barred by Ecclesiastical Abstention Doctrine

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In Winder v. United States ,  (ND TX, Jan. 17, 2025), a Texas federal district court held that the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine requir...

9th Circuit: Hindu Out-of-Stater Lacks Standing to Challenge Ban on Caste Discrimination

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In Bagal v. Sawant ,  (9th Cir., Jan. 21, 2025), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that a practicing Hindu who lives in North Carol...
Wednesday, January 22, 2025

1st Circuit Accepts Employer's Undue Hardship Defense for Denying Religious Exemption from Covid Vaccination

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In  Rodrique v. Hearst Communications, Inc. , (1st Cir., Jan. 17, 2025), the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a Tit...