After holding a hearing on a request to move the date of the mayoral runoff election in Surfside, Florida—less than 20 hours before the election—a court entered an order granting in part/denying in part Plaintiffs’ request pertaining to the election. The court ruled the election would proceed as originally scheduled on April 7, right in the middle […]
Chabad of Surfside, United Orthodox Synagogues of Surfside, multiple rabbis, and individual voters filed an emergency lawsuit to postpone a mayoral election in Surfside, Florida, by one week until after Passover. Plaintiffs are seeking a temporary injunction blocking the April 7 runoff and asking that it be rescheduled to April 14—or another date that does […]
Christian Legal Society sent a letter to President Trump and Acting Attorney General Blanche calling on them to stand with pro-life Republican attorneys general, not the abortion industry. Recently, the U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss lawsuits brought by pro-life states against the Food and Drug Administration, siding with the abortion industry on mail-order […]
In a near-unanimous 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a Christian counselor who contended that a Colorado law violated her free speech by restricting her from talking to minors who sought help in overcoming same-sex attraction or gender confusion. In Chiles v. Salazar, the Court ruled Colorado’s ban on LGBTQ+ conversion therapy for […]
Congressman Blake Moore has introduced the Fair Treatment of Religious Organizations Act, legislation designed to protect religious beliefs and practices while preserving the tax-exempt status of faith-based organizations. The bill ensures that faith-based organizations can continue to apply religious standards to their employees without risking their eligibility for federal funding or contracts and prohibits federal agencies […]
In a unanimous decision written by Justice Kagan, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a street preacher’s challenge to a city ordinance limiting protests and demonstrations around the city’s amphitheater to a designated area when events are scheduled at the amphitheater can move ahead. The Court found that Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), […]
The Center filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in E.D. v. Noblesville School District, urging the Court to grant the cert. petition of a high school student who was forced to remove her club’s flyers from school walls. E.D. founded a pro-life group at Noblesville High School. She created flyers for the group’s first meeting […]
The Texas Supreme Court denied a request from the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct that asked the court to expand on its finding that judges can refuse to perform same-sex marriages on moral or religious grounds. The Texas Supreme Court had previously answered the question “Does Canon 4A(1) of the Texas Code of Judicial […]
In 2025, Texas passed a law explicitly banning clubs based on gender identity or expression, such as L.G.B.T.Q. clubs or gender and sexuality alliances, in K-12 schools. On February 20, 2026, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas temporarily blocked three public school districts—Houston, Katy and Plano, the […]
In Hensley v. State Commission on Judicial Conduct, the district court in Tavis County, Texas, ruled on Judge Hensley’s summary judgment motion with respect to her claims under the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act (TRFRA). Here, the district court granted summary judgement for Judge Hensley, finding that the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct substantially burdened Judge […]
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