Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Ohio AG Resigns to Take Position with Christian Legal Advocacy Organization

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Dayton Daily News  last week reported that term-limited Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has resigned, effective June 7, in order to take a p...

USCIRF Urges President to Fill Position of Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom

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The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom yesterday issued a statement ( full text ) urging President Trump to select a nominee...
Monday, May 11, 2026

Nebraska Supreme Court Rules on Non-Custodial Parent's Right To Influence Children's Religious Upbringing

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In Munsell v. Munsell ,  (NE Sup. Ct., May 8, 2026), the Nebraska Supreme Court modified a trial court's divorce decree in a dispute ove...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Chad G. Marzen & William Woodyard,  Pope Francis: The Progressive Pope of American Jurisprudence ,  (May 06, 2026). Christoph...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

Released-Time Provider Sues School District After Termination For Facebook Posting

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Suit was filed last week in a Georgia federal district court by a Christian ministry-- Sweet Onion Christian Learning Center-- that has offe...
Friday, May 08, 2026

9th Circuit: Requested Religious Exemptions from Vaccine Mandate Would Have Imposed Undue Hardship

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In Williams v. Legacy Health , (9th Cir., May 6, 2026), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a hospital system's refusal to gran...

Tribes Sue to Stop Drilling in Black Hills

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Nine Native American tribes located in South Dakota, North Dakota and Nebraska have filed suit in a South Dakota federal district court chal...
Thursday, May 07, 2026

Today Is National Day of Prayer

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36 US Code §119  provides that "The President shall issue each year a proclamation designating the first Thursday in May as a National ...

Norway's Supreme Court Upholds Jehovah's Witnesses State Registration and Funding

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Last week, the Supreme Court of Norway in State v. Jehovah's Witnesses ,  (Høyesterett, April 29, 2026), invalidated decisions of govern...

ADL Releases 2025 Antisemitism Data

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 The Anti-Defamation League yesterday released its  Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2025 . The Audit reported in part: The year 2025 was the ...
Wednesday, May 06, 2026

President Declares May As Jewish American Heritage Month

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On Monday, President Trump issued a Proclamation ( full text ) declaring May as Jewish American Heritage Month. The Proclamation reads in pa...

ED Says Smith College Should Lose Title IX Exception for Single-Sex Colleges Because It Admits "Biological Men"

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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced on Monday that it has opened a Title IX sex-discrimination investigatio...

Prosecution Need Not Refer to Defendant by His Religious Name During His Criminal Trial

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In United States v. Green ,  (WD VA, May 4, 2026), defendant was charged with failing to update his sex offender registration. In a pretrial...
Tuesday, May 05, 2026

Kentucky Trial Court Holds Definition of "Human Being" In Abortion Statute Is Void for Vagueness

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In Sobel v. Coleman ,  (KY Cir. Ct., May 1, 2026), a Kentucky state trial court issued a declaratory judgment holding that the definition of...

Egyptian Court Dismisses on Procedural Grounds Suit Over Easter as National Holiday

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  ADF International on April 30 reported : An Egyptian court has declined to rule on a petition to establish Easter as a national holiday, i...
Monday, May 04, 2026

Supreme Court Grants 1-Week Administrative Stay of 5th Circuit's Abortion Drug Decision

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito this morning granted an administrative stay until 5:00 PM on May 11th in Danco Laboratories, L.L.C. ...

Recent Articles of Interest

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From SSRN: Reva B. Siegel & Mary Ziegler, Dismantling Equality Rights Through "Biological-Sex" Talk,  (105 Texas L. Rev. (fort...
Sunday, May 03, 2026

Mifepristone Makers Ask Supreme Court to Stay 5th Circuit's Ruling Ending Mail-Order Delivery of Abortion Drug

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As previously reported , last Friday the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay pending appeal of the FDA's 2023 ruling that r...

Suit Challenges Idaho's Ban on Transgender Use of Gender-Conforming Bathrooms

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Six transgender residents of Idaho filed a class-action lawsuit last week in an Idaho federal district court challenging recently enacted HB...
Friday, May 01, 2026

5th Circuit Stays FDA Ruling That Allows Mail Order Delivery of Mifepristone

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In State of Louisiana v. Food and Drug Administration ,  (5th Cir., May 1, 2026), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay pendi...