Reported October 1, 2026 | Procedural status: U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case; no merits ruling yet. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a dispute over a Kentucky church’s proposal to build a shrine to the Virgin Mary on a residential parcel next to its church in Park Hills. The church, Missionaries…
Reported October 1, 2026 | Procedural status: Case dismissed; ruling applies to this defendant. A federal judge in Florida dismissed the federal prosecution of Chelsea Cox, a Jamaican national accused of voting illegally in the 2020 election, after finding the federal statute used to prosecute her unconstitutional. The decision is limited to Cox’s case and…
Reported October 1, 2026 | Procedural status: Interim order; merits not decided. A federal judge temporarily prevented nearly $56 million in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development housing-counseling grants from lapsing while a lawsuit challenging their cancellation proceeds. The order suspended the September 30 funding deadline but did not grant the groups’ broader request…
October 1, 2026 — Court Watch / Today’s News The American Alliance for Equal Rights (AAER) announced on October 1 that it had filed a federal lawsuit challenging New York City’s Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) certification program. The organization alleges that race- and sex-based certification requirements and contracting benefits violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s…
October 1, 2026 — Breaking News / Current Issues The Justice Department announced an administrative finding that UCLA School of Law discriminated against White and Asian applicants to its 2023–2025 entering classes. UCLA Law says its admissions decisions comply with applicable law and reflect a comprehensive review of applicants’ achievements and experiences. Procedural status: Administrative…
October 1, 2026 — Court Watch The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on October 1 to hear Rhoney v. Barbosa da Cunha, No. 26-104, a dispute over whether federal immigration law requires detention without a bond hearing for people present in the United States without having been admitted, including people arrested in the interior years after…
Filed: September 30, 2026Reported: October 1, 2026Procedural status: Multistate lawsuit filed; no court ruling on the claims. California and six other states—Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico and Oregon—filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s withholding of congressionally appropriated funds, including approximately $810 million targeted in a late-fiscal-year rescission request. The case was filed…
EEOC announcement: September 30, 2026Reported: October 1, 2026Procedural status: Federal lawsuit filed; the allegations have not been adjudicated. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued Texas-based staffing and recruiting agency Sibitalent Corp., alleging that it refused to refer an American worker for an information-technology position because of his national origin. According to the EEOC’s…
Event discussed: Texas Faith Fest, Cedar Park, September 26, 2026Reported: October 1, 2026Status: Proposals voiced at a public event; no enactment reported. At a panel titled “Don’t Sharia My Texas,” Texas lawmakers discussed policies that could affect Muslim religious practices. The Houston Chronicle reported suggestions to bar public institutions from serving halal food, restrict public…
Decision issued: September 29, 2026Publicly reported: September 30, 2026Procedural status: Immigration-court removability ruling. Salah Sarsour has not been deported. Further proceedings concerning his fear of torture and a planned appeal remain pending. An immigration judge has ruled that Salah Sarsour, president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, is removable from the United States on foreign-policy…
