DoDEA history course puts Christianity and neutrality in focus
A new military-school history course uses a Christian-centered textbook, prompting scrutiny over how federally operated public schools teach religion and history.
First Amendment
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Supreme Court case could test religious schools’ access to public preschool funds
A pending Supreme Court case over Colorado’s preschool program could clarify when states may require religious providers to follow public-funding rules.
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Judge Signals Skepticism in Anthropic’s Pentagon Challenge
At a July 30 hearing, Judge Rita Lin questioned the Pentagon’s evidence in Anthropic’s supply-chain case. No final ruling has been issued.
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Supreme Court strikes down federal limits on coordinated party expenditures
The Supreme Court ruled June 30 that limits on coordinated expenditures by political parties violate the First Amendment, changing a major part of federal campaign-finance law ahead of the 2026 election cycle.
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Meta’s Supreme Court Filing Deadline Arrives in Nevada Social-Media Liability Case
Justice Elena Kagan extended Meta’s deadline to seek Supreme Court review of a Nevada dispute involving Section 230 and the First Amendment.
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Federal Judge Rejects Bid to Block West Covina Communications Policy
A federal judge denied a West Covina councilmember’s request to pause the city’s communications policy, leaving the April 15 protocol in effect.
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Supreme Court strikes down federal limits on coordinated party spending ahead of 2026 midterms
The Supreme Court ruled that federal limits on coordinated spending by political parties and candidates violate the First Amendment. The FEC updated the limits for the 2026 election cycle.
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Federal court challenge tests whether FBI employees can be punished for work on Trump investigations
Five new friend-of-the-court briefs are putting fresh focus on a lawsuit over whether former FBI employees were fired for politically sensitive investigative work.
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Ninth Circuit Draws Line Between Private Prayer and School Work
The Ninth Circuit upheld limits on student-facing book displays by an Oregon school specialist while preserving stronger protection for private religious expression outside official duties.
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Federal judge orders access protections at 2 New York immigration courts
A July 21 injunction protects public access to eligible in-person hearings at two Manhattan immigration courts while preserving security and enforcement authority.
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Religious Liberty Commission Comments Expose a Church-State Split
A federal commission is reviewing comments on a draft report that seeks broader religious protections while raising questions about church-state neutrality.
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DOJ: Man pleads guilty after damaging Chabad-Lubavitch HQ entrance
DOJ says Dan Sohail pleaded guilty May 13, 2026, after ramming the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters entrance in Brooklyn on Jan. 28.
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Philadelphia mosque arson: DOJ federal charges and religious-property protections
DOJ says Vincent Lang faces up to 20 years for the alleged July 5 arson at the Northeast Philadelphia Islamic Center—plus what §247 adds.
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Eleventh Circuit Leaves Injunction Blocking Florida “Stop W.O.K.E.” Classroom Limits
On July 7, 2026, the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction. Florida public universities must keep the enjoined “training/instruction” limits blocked while the case continues.
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Seventh Circuit grants en banc review, stays AAP injunction
On July 8, the Seventh Circuit ordered en banc reconsideration and stayed a June 8 preliminary injunction blocking Florida AG James Uthmeier’s state case.
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Supreme Court docket in Hershey v. City of Bossier City: amicus surge, Aug. 17 deadline
Hershey v. City of Bossier City (No. 25-1389): amicus briefs poured in July 14–16, as the justices weigh qualified-immunity limits; respondents’ brief is due Aug. 17.
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Supreme Court lets Texas app-store age-verification law stand; case continues
On July 6, 2026, the Supreme Court denied emergency relief in 25A1389, leaving a Fifth Circuit stay in place for Texas’s app-store age-verification rules.
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4th Circuit remands prison Ramadan diet case in Roberts v. Engelke
The Fourth Circuit ruled the district court used the wrong qualified-immunity standard for a Ramadan/kosher-diet Free Exercise claim, and sent it back.
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Amish vaccine exemption fight: 2nd Circuit upholds NY religious ban
June 30, 2026: The Second Circuit affirmed dismissal in Miller v. McDonald, letting New York bar religious vaccine exemptions for school.
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DOJ Religious Liberty Commission draft comment period closes July 13—what to watch next
United States Religion Government and Civil Rights – DOJ says the Religious Liberty Commission’s 224-page draft comment period closed Monday, July 13, 2026.
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DOJ subpoenas New York Times journalists over Air Force One security story: what’s next
DOJ has reportedly subpoenaed New York Times journalists tied to Air Force One security reporting, seeking grand-jury testimony in Manhattan next Wednesday.
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Eleventh Circuit rejects Florida ‘salary-for-speech,’ keeps Stop WOKE block
July 7, 2026: the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a preliminary injunction barring Florida from enforcing Stop W.O.K.E. higher-ed classroom limits while the case proceeds.