Politics & Government

Recent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases

In Boyd v. Etchebehere, (9th Cir., July 25, 2018), the 9th Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a challenge to a California prison's Ramadan meal policy.In McCracken v. Godert, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 121480 (ED MO, July 20, 2018), a Missouri federal magistrate judge dismissed, unless an appropriate...

Deal To Free American Pastor Held By Turkey Falls Through

Washington Post reported yesterday that President  Trump thought he had struck a deal with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the recent NATO meeting for the release of American pastor Andrew Brunson who has been held by Turkey for two years on supposed terrorism charges:The deal was a...