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The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to become a co-plaintiff alongside the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne in their federal lawsuit challenging a New York state…
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday that a federal statute protecting the religious freedom of incarcerated persons permits lawsuits against state prison systems as institutions…
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a significant blow to religious liberty protections for incarcerated persons on June 23, 2026, ruling that state prison officials cannot be…
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday that a Louisiana prisoner cannot collect monetary damages from the individual guards who forcibly shaved his dreadlocks — hair…
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Monday that a devout Rastafarian man whose dreadlocks were forcibly cut by prison guards cannot seek monetary damages from…
The U.S. Department of Justice has moved to support a congregation of Catholic nuns in their legal battle against a New York regulation requiring their hospice…
The full bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has agreed to rehear a case that could significantly affect whether religious ministries…
The Colorado Catholic Conference has moved to distance the Church from state Representative Manny Rutinel after the Democratic congressional candidate incorporated Pope Leo XIV’s image and…
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