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Thank you, Bill Barr: Under him, the DOJ took religious freedom seriously Print this article Attorney General William Barr will leave the Trump administration on Dec. 23. The president liked him, at least up until the end. Democrats never did. There are no polls that I could find, but Barr's insistence that houses of worship be treated fairly during the pandemic gives religious people, and anyone else who takes the free exercise clause seriously, a reason to give Barr a thumbs-up. Under Barr, the Department of Justice boosted legal efforts aimed at protecting religion amid coronavirus restr...

listen live watch live It follows a 1999 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Olmstead vs. L.C., that said unjustified segregation of people with disabilities constitutes discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Angie Bosch, executive director of Freedom Resource Center for Independent Living, applauded the settlement, saying people with disabilities are happier, healthier and live longer when they can live independently in the community. “We believe it should be just as easy for people to live at home as it is to get into a nursing home,” Bosch said. The pre-lawsuit settlement agr...

Justice Department Files Lawsuit Alleging Disability-Based Discrimination by Architect and Owners of 15 Complexes in Four States Details Written by IVN Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The Justice Department announced the filing Friday of a lawsuit against J. Randolph Parry Architects, P.C. and eight owners of multifamily properties designed by the architectural firm. The lawsuit alleges that the defendants violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to design and construct housing units and related facilities to make the...

Details Written by IVN Kalamazoo, Michigan - The Justice Department Friday filed a statement of interest in federal district court in Kalamazoo, Michigan, arguing that the Free Exercise Clause of the Constitution requires the state of Michigan to justify why it cannot provide exemptions to its school closing order for in-person instruction at religious high schools when it provides exemptions for trade and technical instruction in person, college sports teams, and other educational activities. The plaintiff religious schools have implemented rigorous protocols to reduce ...

Details Written by IVN Minneapolis, Minnesota - Wednesday, a federal jury returned a guilty verdict against Micheal Hari, 49, for his role in the bombing of the Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, on August 5, 2017.  Following a three week trial, the jury convicted Hari on all five counts of the indictment, including intentionally defacing, damaging, and destroying any religious real property because of the religious character of that property; intentionally obstructing, and attempting to obstruct, by force and the threat of force, the free exercise ...