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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
TLDR The City of Huntington Beach and several parent-plaintiffs initiated litigation against California officials, including Governor Gavin…
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High Court Curbs Federal Jurisdiction Over Global Human Rights Abuses
TLDR The Supreme Court barred federal courts from creating new causes of action under the Alien Tort Statute. The ruling also eliminates cor…
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Texas Judges Draw a Sharp Line Between Biblical Curriculum and Player Safety
HOUSTON — When a high school football practice in Sugar Land, Texas, devolved into an alleged assault, it set off a chain reaction tha…
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Texas Judges Draw a Sharp Line Between Biblical Curriculum and Player Safety
Fort Bend Christian Academy cannot be sued for how it handles bullying or academics, a court ruled, but it must face claims that coaches ign…
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High Court Curbs Federal Jurisdiction Over Global Human Rights Abuses
In a 6–3 decision, the justices rule that domestic corporations cannot be sued under the Alien Tort Statute for aiding overseas survei…
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Midnight in Toledo: How the Ohio Conference Apparently Abandoned Two 18-year-old Camp Counselors on Father’s Day
Whistleblowing, a midnight transit drop-off, and why a corporate church hierarchy can't hide from a father who happens to be an expert in in…
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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…