The U.S. Supreme Court this morning will hear oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor. In the case, the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a Maryland federal district court’s denial of a preliminary injunction in a challenge to a
Religious Corporation Exemption to Maryland Anti-Discrimination Law Does Not Excuse LGBT Discrimination Against Data Analyst
In Doe v. Catholic Relief Services, (D MD, April 21, 2025), a Maryland federal district court held that the religious corporation exemption from the Maryland Fair Employment Practices Act does not apply to the termination of spousal health care…
Parents Lack Standing to Challenge Law Barring Schools from Disclosing Child’s Change of Name or Pronoun
In Chino Valley Unified School District v. Newsom, (ED CA, April 18, 2025), a California federal district court held that plaintiffs, parents of school children, lack standing to challenge a California law that prohibits public schools from requiring disclosure…
Supreme Court Hears Arguments Today on Mandated Insurance Coverage for Anti-HIV Drugs Over Religious Objections
The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments this morning in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc. Plaintiffs in the case objected on religious grounds to providing their employees the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s mandated insurance coverage for pre-exposure drugs that…
Jurisdiction, Division, and Partition
By Andy DelaneyTwo opinions on April 18, 2025: one about jurisdiction and one about partition and ouster. We’ll start with jurisdiction. In 2019, respondent pled guilty to assault and robbery. In 2023, she filed a motion in the criminal division…
"Religious" Belief Defined Broadly in Title VII Claim
Numerous cases challenging employers’ refusal to grant exemptions to Covid vaccine mandates during the height of the Covid epidemic continue to wend their way through the courts. Here is the latest.In Huber v. TIAA, (WD VA, April 17, 2025),…
Catholic Employers Get Permanent Injunction Against EEOC
In Catholic Benefits Association v. Lucas, (D ND, April 25, 2025), a North Dakota federal district court converted a preliminary injunction granted last September to a Catholic diocese and a Catholic employers’ organization (see prior posting) into a…
Appellate Court Upholds $1.2M Fine Against Church for Violating Covid Public Health Orders
In People of the State of California v. Calvary Chapel San Jose, (CA App., April 15, 2025), a California state appellate court affirmed the imposition of administrative fines totaling $1,228,700 on defendant church for violating Covid public health orders…
USCIS Is Screening Immigration Applicants for Antisemitic Activity
Last week (April 9), the Department of Homeland Security announced that it will begin screening the social media of aliens applying for immigration benefits to determine whether they have been engaged in antisemitic activity. A News Release (full text…
UK Supreme Court Interprets Meaning of "Sex" In UK’s Equality Act as Biological Sex
In For Women Scotland Ltd. v. The Scottish Ministers, (UK SC, April 16, 2025), the United Kingdom Supreme Court held that considering the interaction of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 with the Equality Act 2010, the terms “woman”,…