A panel of judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Aug. 15 revived a 2020 suit filed by pro-life activists who alleged the city acted unconstitutionally when police arrested them for drawing anti-abortion messages in
Latest Trump indictment alleges ‘criminal enterprise’ to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results
Former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were indicted in Georgia Aug. 14 over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, prosecuting him under an anti-racketeering statute alleging he and his aides conducted a "criminal enterprise"
RFK Jr. offers support to banning abortion after first trimester, then walks it back
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered his support to a federal abortion ban limiting the procedure to around the first trimester of pregnancy, but quickly backtracked after earning the praise of a pro-life group. Kennedy, an environmental lawyer and son
Catholic couple alleges state denied them foster parenting chance over religious beliefs
A Massachusetts couple alleged the commonwealth denied them the opportunity to foster or adopt children into their family due to their religious beliefs.
Becket, a Washington-based religious liberty law firm, said Aug. 8 it is representing Mike and Kitty Burke, prospective foster and
Voters reject Ohio measure that would have raised threshold to pass abortion amendment
Ohio voters Aug. 8 rejected a measure that proposed raising the threshold to make changes to the state's constitution, according to projections by The Associated Press and the elections reporting firm Decision Desk HQ. If passed, the measure known as Issue 1
The Biden administration has drawn criticism for its inclusion of abortion in a proposed rule for a bipartisan law guaranteeing protections for pregnant workers that had the support of Catholic, pro-life and Republican leaders.
The bipartisan Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was passed by
In a statement from the Justice Department, special counsel Jack Smith told reporters, "Today an indictment was unsealed charging Donald J. Trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding."
"My
Pittsburgh synagogue shooter’s death sentence is the first under Biden administration
A federal death sentence for the man convicted of a 2018 mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue marks the first such penalty sought for and won by the Biden administration, despite President Joe Biden's pledge as a candidate to end the practice
A lawsuit filed July 31 in Oklahoma is seeking to block state funding for what could become the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school if it survives the legal challenge.
A state school board in Oklahoma voted in June to approve an
The U.S. Senate passed a national defense spending bill for fiscal year 2024 shortly before their August recess without language in the Republican-led House's version of the bill barring abortion or coverage for gender transitions. Lawmakers will have to reconcile the two