Last week, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom released its 2026 Annual Report ( full text ) containing its recommendations for designations of "countries of particular concern" under the International Religious Freedom Act . The Introd... See more
At the end of last month, three women filed suit in a Tennessee federal district court against the former religious leader of Global Outreach Developments International, also known as G.O.D. International. The complaint ( full text ) in Jane Doe I v. Garn... See more
In Ex parte Alabama-West Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc. , (AL Sup. Ct., March 6, 2026), the Alabama Supreme Court by a vote of 5-2 granted writs of mandamus in 15 cases involving disputes between break-away Methodist congregations... See more
From SSRN:
Jeremy Kessler, Selective Service and the Separation of Powers , (106 Boston University Law Review __ (2026)). Harold Anthony Lloyd, Bowers v. Hardwick Postmortems at Forty: Timely Dissections of Its Tradition, Enumeration, and Other Errors , (... See more
In Sapp v. Trenton Board of Education , (D NJ, March 6, 2026), a New Jersey federal district court dismissed a suit brought pro se against school officials who refused to allow plaintiff to pick up his fourth-grade son every Friday two-and-one-half hours ... See more