Yesterday the Anti-Defamation League issued its 2022 annual Audit of Antisemmitic Incidents. The Executive Summary rads in part:In 2022, ADL tabulated 3,697 antisemitic incidents throughout the United States. This is a 36% increase from the 2,717 incidents tabulated in
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President Sends Ramadan Greetings
Yesterday President Biden issued a Statement (full text) extending best wishes from himself and the First Lady to Muslims across the U.S. and around the world as they begin the holy month of Ramadan. The Statement says in…
Immigration Officials Violated Pastor’s Free Exercise Rights
In Dousa v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, (SD CA, March 21, 2023), a California federal district court held that U.S. immigration officials violated the free exercise rights of Kaji Dousa, a pastor at New York City’s Park Avenue…
Moving of Confederate Monument Did Not Violate Plaintiffs’ Religious Rights
In Edgerton v. City of St. Augustine, (MD FL, March 20, 2023), a Florida federal district court rejected plaintiffs’ challenges to the city’s moving a monument honoring Confederate Civil War veterans from City Park to a new location. Among…
Presidential Proclamation Protects Sacred 500,000+ Acres in Nevada Under Antiquities Act
Yesterday, President Biden issued A Proclamation on Establishment of the Avi Kwa Ame National Monument (full text). The lengthy Proclamation sets aside 506,814 acres in southern Nevada, and items within that area, as protected under the Antiquities Act…
3rd Circuit: Qualified Immunity Can Be Asserted in RFRA Case, But Not in This One
In Mack v. Yost, (3rd Cir., March 21, 2023), the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision held that qualified immunity can be asserted as a defense by prison officers in a suit against them under…
USCIRF Holds Hearing on Russian Violation of Religious Freedom Through Its Invasion of Ukraine
Last Wednesday, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom held a virtual hearing on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for Religious Freedom. (Video of full Hearing and transcripts of written presentations.) USCIRF described the hearings:Since Russian President Vladimir…
New Arkansas Law Authorizes Monument to Unborn Children on Capitol Grounds
President Biden Sends Greeting To Those Celebrating Nowruz
Certiorari Denied in Challenge by Preacher to University’s Speaker Permit Rule
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Keister v. Bell, (Docket No. 22-388, certiorarari dened, 3/20/2023). (Order List.) In the case, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a challenge to the University of Alabama’s policy that…