Wednesday, May 13, 2026

DHS Seeks Land Near Catholic Shrine for Border Wall Construction

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 As reported by Axios , the Department of Homeland Security is seeking to take by eminent domain 14 acres of land belonging to the Catholic ...

Noise Ordinance Arrest Did Not Violate First Amendment or State RFRA

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In Acevedo v. Zatora , (ND IL, May 11, 2026), an Illinois federal district court dismissed plaintiff's claims that police officers viola...
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...