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 surveillance and torture.
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Category: Supreme Court Docket
June 2026
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 Congress's Spending Clause…
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, ruling in favor of objecting…
Pepperdine and Founders’ First Freedom Bring the Religious Freedom Conversation Home to Malibu
The view from Pepperdine’s law school in Malibu runs straight out to the Pacific.
An Orthodox Jew Prayed at Home. The Supreme Court Will Decide if He Can Sue the City That Stopped Him.
A petition in Grand v. City of University Heights asks whether a citizen must lose before a municipal permit board before a federal court…
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY: A WEEKLY BRIEFING
June 14, 2026
The Shield They Are Dismantling
When a university president blesses what the church forbids, private dissent becomes public policy, and parents are entitled to notice.
May 2026
West Virginia Appellate Court Blocks Retaliation Lawsuit Filed By Fired Children’s Minister
The decision protects church governance rules over mandatory child abuse reporting requirements.
Rededicate 250: The Right Diagnosis, the Wrong Doctor
Americans across the political spectrum are worried about moral drift. Handing the government a theological mandate is not the remedy the Constitution — or…
The Map Was Always Political: The Supreme Court’s Callais decision and the gerrymandering it already blessed
The Supreme Court handed down its decision in Louisiana v.