Here are 6 court things you may not have noticed, but these short items are important:
- Court Victory: Foster Care
A Christian couple has successfully challenged Oregon state’s decision to deny them a foster care license because of their Christian faith.
Shawn and Teresa Kellim were turned away by Oregon’s department of Human Services solely because their sincerely held Christian beliefs prevented them from providing what the state defined as “affirming” care to LGBTQ+ youth.
The Oregon Court of Appeals reversed the state’s ruling and sent the case back for reconsideration, making it clear that the government cannot discriminate against individuals simply because of their religious convictions.
- Court Loss: Judicial Activist Tramples Parental Rights
A Biden-appointed federal judge has ruled the Trump administration may not change the childhood vaccine schedule or appoint new members of the vaccine advisory committee.
The ruling is stunning judicial overreach by a judicial activist legislating from the bench.
Judge Murphy believes he has the right to set American vaccine policy, while the executive branch does not.
- Court Defeat: Judicial Activist Reinstates Ideological Bureaucrats
U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled that the Trump administration’s near-closing of the radical left ideologically-driven U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees the Voice of America, is unlawful.
That impacted 1,000 VOA fired employees, and paid for a year of lost wages.
- Court Victory: Judicial Activist Defeat
A Federal Appellate Court ruled illegal immigrants can be detained without bond.
Previous administrations allowed illegal immigrants living in the country to seek bond hearings before immigration judges.
Only those who recently crossed the border or had certain criminal convictions faced mandatory detention.
That was overturned.
- Communist China Injustice: Jimmy Lai
Communist China Hong Kong Court sentenced pro-democracy media leader and religious freedom defender Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison.
That’s the harshest penalty ever given under China’s national security law.
The 78-year-old Christian was convicted on two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security and one count of conspiracy to publish seditious articles.
It’s a death sentence in jail.
- Court Victory: Freedom for Individual Choice
A federal appeals court declared unconstitutional a 158-year-old ban on home distilling.
The court ruled in favor of the non-profit Hobby Distillers Association and four of its 1,300 members who argued that people should be free to distill spirits at home as a hobby or for personal consumption.
The ban was part of a law passed during Reconstruction in July 1868. The ruling does not impact state law.