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1. Court Rules Atheists Can Offer Invocations Before Public Meetings: A federal appeals court on Monday declared a Florida county's ban on atheists and other non-religious groups from giving invocations before public meetings unconstitutional, even as it ordered the narrowing ...; Created on 09 July 2019
2. Did Clarence Thomas Just Make a Big Step Toward Overturning Roe v. Wade?: Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to feel less bound to upholding precedent, advancing a view that if adopted by enough of his fellow justices could result in more past decisions ...; Created on 18 June 2019
3. Pastor Convicted of Pocketing Millions Through Insider Trading: A federal jury in Brooklyn, New York on Friday convicted two men for their roles in an international scheme to make millions of dollars by illegally trading on corporate press releases that were stolen ...; Created on 10 July 2018
4. Prayer at School Board Meetings Doesn't Violate Constitution, Court Rules: A federal appeals court said on Monday a Texas school board may open its meetings with student-led prayers without violating the U.S. Constitution. In a 3-0 decision, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ...; Created on 21 March 2017
5. Government Officials Force Woman to Violate Strong Convictions of 1 Corinthians 6:11: The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing Alabama county officials of violating a Christian woman's religious rights by forcing her to remove her headscarf before taking her ...; Created on 31 August 2016
6. God Vindicates Evangelists Who Were Egged at Arab Festival: A federal appeals court said police violated the free speech rights of Christian evangelists by telling them to leave a June 2012 Arab-American festival in Dearborn, Michigan after an angry crowd began ...; Created on 29 October 2015
7. Pro-Life Group Sued Over Planned Parenthood Video Releases: An anti-abortion group that released videos purporting to show Planned Parenthood staff discussing the illegal sale of aborted fetal tissue was sued on Friday by a group of abortion providers seeking to ...; Created on 03 August 2015
8. 'Obama's America' Documentarian Indicted for Violating US Election Law: Dinesh D'Souza, a conservative commentator and best-selling author, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for arranging excessive campaign contributions to a candidate for the U.S. Senate. The candidate ...; Created on 24 January 2014
9. Hobby Lobby Wins a Stay Against Abortion-Pill Mandate: A federal judge has temporarily exempted Hobby Lobby Stores from a requirement in the 2010 health care law that it offer workers insurance coverage for birth control, which the retailer said violated its ...; Created on 19 July 2013
10. Abortion-Inducing Drugs Available to Young Girls Without Prescription, Court Rules: A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said that some emergency contraception pills now can be sold over-the-counter without age restrictions while the federal government fights a lower court judge's order ...; Created on 06 June 2013
11. Supreme Court to Review Free Speech of HIV/Aids Groups: The Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the government can require groups that receive federal funding for overseas HIV/AIDS programs to have explicit policies that oppose prostitution and sex trafficking. ...; Created on 15 January 2013
12. Supreme Court to Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases in Late March: The Supreme Court will in late March hear oral arguments in a pair of cases challenging laws that define marriage as a union of a man and a woman. On March 26, the court will review a California ban on ...; Created on 08 January 2013
13. Supreme Court Denies Anti-abortion Group's Appeal Over PAC Status: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to review a challenge to federal regulators' method for determining which political groups need to register as political action committees and reveal their donors. Without ...; Created on 07 January 2013