What Happened Next

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.

Most news ends when the cameras leave. This is where we go back.

Every Sunday, members get the record on the people and places from the week's dispatches: what has changed, what has not, and what we still cannot confirm. Two sources for every line, as always, and a plain note where the sources disagree.

This week's names: Ayilamo in Benue. Saba Mehboob in Rawalpindi. Nzangula in Adamawa. The Williston Seven in Vermont. The updates are below for members. If you have been praying for any of them, this is the part of the week that tells you what your prayers were about.

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 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.

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.

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