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Supreme Court Limits Individual Liability in RLUIPA Cases
The Supreme Court has ruled that individuals cannot be held liable in their personal capacities for violations of statutes enacted under Con…
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Ninth Circuit Deals Setback to Governor Newsom: Preliminary Injunction Granted Against AB 1955 Policies on Gender Identity Disclosure
A federal appeals panel has blocked state officials from enforcing policies that restrict school disclosure of student gender identity, ruli…
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Proximate Cause and Proximate Justice: A Legal Assessment of Exodus 21:22-23
The legal architecture of the ancient Near East often serves as a proxy battlefield for modern moral debates.
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Juneteenth: Two and a Half Years Late, and Paid in Blood
Picture: General Order 3 – June 19, 1865 On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger stood in Galveston, Texas, and read aloud an o…
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Juneteenth: Two and a Half Years Late, and Paid in Blood
Juneteenth marks the day emancipation stopped being a promise. The army that delivered it cost the country hundreds of thousands of lives.
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Do Giants Pitchers Have a Legal Right to Refuse the Pride Cap?
The Bible verses, the plain caps and the MLB warning, sorted by what Title VII really requires after Groff v. DeJoy
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U.S. Brands Nigeria a Religious Freedom Violator as Christian Death Toll Climbs
Before dawn in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, the roosters do not get to finish. The men arrive with rifles and machetes while the village is…
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Canada’s "Combatting Hate Act": Legislative Expansion of Criminal Speech Laws
Bill C-9, the *Combatting Hate Act*, has cleared the Canadian Senate, instituting expansive new criminal penalties for hate-motivated activi…
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Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal in Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Governance Dispute
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a district court decision that dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Luther…
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What is "Religion" anyway?
In 1890 the Supreme Court knew exactly what religion was, which should have been the first warning. Certainty on a question like this is usu…