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July 25, 2025
Enablers of Hamas’s Starvation Strategy

For the first time since the war began, there are credible concerns of hunger in Gaza. The main indicator, as expressed both by Gazans and economists, is the price of food in the enclave, a variable that can at least be used to calculate supply and demand and therefore offers a general picture of the overall trend. And that trend…

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July 25, 2025
Florida Leads the Nation in Religious Liberty Protections

Florida Leads the Nation in Religious Liberty Protections, Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Today, First Liberty Institute’s Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy (CRCD) revealed the results of its fourth annual Religious Liberty in the States (RLS) index, the only comprehensive comparison of how all 50 states protect religious liberty through law.

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July 25, 2025
Columbia Reaches 1 million settlement with Trump Administration

By: Moira Gleason – nationalreview.com – July 23, 2025 The elite school retains control over its academic and operational decisions but agrees to follow existing laws banning the consideration of race in admissions. Columbia University has agreed to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that the Trump administration canceled over the Ivy…

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July 25, 2025
Trump Losing 75% of Federal Cases Challenging His Executive Actions

President Trump has tamed Congress and largely defanged the federal bureaucracy as he pursues his vigorous second-term agenda, but federal district judges have rushed to the battlements to take him on…

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July 25, 2025
South Carolina Religious Signs on Sidewalk

First Liberty Institute filed a federal lawsuit and motion for preliminary injunction against the Town of Chapin, South Carolina on behalf of local resident Ernest Giardino after he was told a permit was required to hold a sign and share his faith on a public right of way.

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July 25, 2025
Prayer, Football Games, and Lots of amicus briefs

More than 20 Friend-of-the-Court Briefs Urge Supreme Court to Overturn Santa Fe v. Doe In a show of overwhelming support at the Supreme Court of the United States, First Liberty Institute’s petition in Cambridge Christian School v. FHSAA, filed alongside attorneys from Bois Schiller Flexner LLP, Winston and Strawn, and Jones Day, received more than twenty friend-of-the-court briefs.  The briefs,…

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July 24, 2025
Federal Court Clears Path For Lawsuit Against FL HOA for Antisemitism

The Orthodox Jewish community has faced relentless vandalism, discrimination, and unlawful treatment from their HOA and surrounding homeowners. Boca Raton, FL

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July 24, 2025
Federal Court Blocks Washington Law Targeting Seal of Confession

WASHINGTON – A federal court today blocked a new Washington state law that would have forced Catholic priests to face jail time unless they broke the sacred seal of confession. The law at issue in Etienne v. Ferguson, which was set to take effect on July 27, required clergy to report abuse shared within the sacred confines of the confessional.

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July 24, 2025
Pastors and Politics

Before 1954, pastors, priests and rabbis could openly endorse political parties or candidates.

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July 24, 2025
Scott Bessent and the Federal Reserve

Scott Bessent critiques the Fed’s operations and calls for a thorough audit.

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July 24, 2025
Late-Night TV

Our common culture has fallen victim to the digital revolution.

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