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Sotomayor Asked for an Answer by Monday. Bain Replied That the Supreme Court Cannot Hear This Case.

Sotomayor Asked for an Answer by Monday. Bain Replied That the Supreme Court Cannot Hear This Case.

Justice Sotomayor asked Moshe Bain to respond by Monday. He did, and his lead argument is that the Supreme Court cannot hear a stay request over a trial court order no appeals court has reviewed. Here is what the opposition says, where it is strong, and where its neutrality claim has a seam.

DHS Sought a Six Year Ban on Sister Norma Pimentel's Migrant Charity. It Just Quietly Dropped It.

DHS Sought a Six Year Ban on Sister Norma Pimentel's Migrant Charity. It Just Quietly Dropped It.

DHS tried to bar Sister Norma Pimentel's migrant charity from federal funding for six years over a paperwork dispute. Twenty two months later, with no hearing and no explanation, it quietly let the ban go. The same tool could reach the next ministry just as easily.

What happened next: week of September 27

What happened next: week of September 27

This week's names: Ayilamo in Benue. Saba Mehboob in Rawalpindi. Nzangula in Adamawa. The Williston Seven in Vermont.

A New York Judge Ordered an Orthodox Jew Out of Rabbinical Court. Justice Sotomayor Wants an Answer Monday.

A New York Judge Ordered an Orthodox Jew Out of Rabbinical Court. Justice Sotomayor Wants an Answer Monday.

A Westchester County judge has ordered Samuel Strulovitch to stop pursuing a business dispute before a beis din and to get his rabbis to withdraw a censure they issued. He has asked the Supreme Court for a stay, and Justice Sotomayor wants a response by 4 p.m. Monday.

Engraving of an empty village road on the Jos Plateau at dusk, doors shut, a bare wooden pole laid across the road as a barrier, one crimson cloth tied at its centre.

Barkin Ladi Was Put Under a Dusk Curfew After a Pastor Was Killed. The Gunmen Kept Coming Anyway.

A week ago a pastor died on the road to church at Dorowa Babuje. Plateau State ordered Barkin Ladi indoors from six to six, and the killing went on: a 22-year-old in Rakwok, three at Rakok, a police superintendent on the Gagshi road. How many died in all depends on who is counting.

An Ohio Pastor Was Convicted for Sheltering the Homeless Overnight. An Appeals Court Just Threw It Out.

An Ohio Pastor Was Convicted for Sheltering the Homeless Overnight. An Appeals Court Just Threw It Out.

An Ohio pastor was criminally convicted for keeping his church open overnight to shelter homeless neighbors. An appeals court just found the trial court never actually ruled on his constitutional defenses. Dad's Place is still open tonight, and the harder question was never really about fire code.

Congress Approved $1.35 Billion for Global Health. In Four Days, It Expires Unspent.

Congress Approved $1.35 Billion for Global Health. In Four Days, It Expires Unspent.

Congress appropriated $1.35 billion for global health programs fighting tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV. Four days before it expires unspent, 120 Christian leaders are asking the White House why. The answer touches countries this publication already covers.