Law & Court
Center honoring trailblazing lawyer, civil rights activist and priest opens in Durham
By Yonat Shimron — September 6, 2024
(RNS) — Known as the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice, the refurbished two-story clapboard home will further the kind of progressive social causes Murray, who died in 1985, championed.
National Baptists hear their outgoing president and Ketanji Brown Jackson as meeting ends
By Adelle M. Banks — September 5, 2024
A Pakistani religious leader is tried in his absence for allegedly threatening Geert Wilders
By Mike Corder — September 4, 2024
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Catholic diocese sues US government, worried some foreign-born priests might be forced to leave
By Giovanna Dell'orto — September 3, 2024
In his own border diocese of El Paso, Texas, Bishop Mark Seitz is facing the possibility of losing priests whose permanent residency cases now have little chance to be approved before their visas expire. The law mandates them to leave the United States for at least a year.
Taliban reject UN concerns over laws banning women’s voices and bare faces in public
By Associated Press — August 29, 2024
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Wednesday issued the country’s first set of laws to discourage vice and promote virtue. They include a requirement for a woman to conceal her face, body and voice outside the home. They also ban images of living beings, such as photographs.
Judge blocks Arizona lithium drilling that tribe says is threat to sacred lands
By Scott Sonner — August 26, 2024
A federal judge has temporarily blocked exploratory drilling for a lithium project in Arizona that tribal leaders say will harm land they have used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries. Lawyers for the national environmental group Earthjustice and Colorado-based Western Mining Action Project are suing federal land managers on behalf of the Hualapai Tribe. […]
For college students arrested protesting the war in Gaza, the fallout was only beginning
By Namu Sampath Of The Springfield Republican, Monica Obradovic Of The St. Louis Post-dispatch, Hilary Burns Of The Boston Globe, and And Christopher L. Keller Of The Associated Press — August 5, 2024
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Since her arrest at a protest at the University of Massachusetts, Annie McGrew has been pivoting between two sets of hearings: one for the misdemeanor charges she faces in court, and another for violations of the college's conduct code.
Sexual assault charge against Bruxy Cavey stayed, ending prosecution
By Chloë-Arizona Fodor — July 29, 2024
(RNS) — Two sexual assault charges against the former Meeting House pastor remain to be tried.
Catholic Rio Grande Valley migrant shelter wins victory against Texas AG
By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — July 25, 2024
It's the latest legal defeat for a Republican-led investigation of Catholic migrant shelters.
Safeguarding the heartbeat: Native Americans in Upper Midwest protect their drumming tradition
By Giovanna Dell'orto — July 24, 2024
RNS - Bans on Native drum ceremonies bring up resonant histories of forced repression and trauma for Native communities today.
Court battle to keep Annunciation House open underscores how faith groups strive to welcome strangers in the face of anti-immigrant sentiment
By Laura E. Alexander — July 24, 2024
(The Conversation) — Religiously affiliated organizations can clash with politicians on humanitarian aid to migrants, raising issues around religious freedom and hospitality to newcomers.
Religious exemptions to Title IX on trial again in appeals case against US Dept of Ed
By Chloë-Arizona Fodor — July 15, 2024
(RNS) — With the support of 19 state attorneys general, the Hunter plaintiffs are back in court to make their case against LGBTQ+ discrimination in religious higher education institutions.
Oklahoma’s superintendent orders public schools to teach the Bible – relying on controversial views about religious freedom
By Mark Satta — July 8, 2024
(The Conversation) — State superintendent Ryan Walters has mandated that public school teachers incorporate the Bible into classroom lessons.
Vatican excommunicates former US ambassador Vigano, declares him guilty of schism
By Nicole Winfield — July 5, 2024
ROME (AP) — The Vatican excommunication means that Vigano is formally outside the church, and cannot celebrate or receive its sacraments.
Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims
By Asim Tanveer — July 3, 2024
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — In August 2023, groups of Muslim men burned dozens of homes and churches after some residents claimed they saw two Christian men tearing out pages from Islam's holy book, the Quran.
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