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News

March 19, 2024 - March 19, 2024 - Justice Department Hosts Forum and Sends Letter to Local Officials to Reinforce Federal Civil Rights Protections for Religious Land Use

December 4, 2023 - Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Religious Land Use Case Involving Orthodox Jewish Congregation

November 21, 2023 - Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Religious Land Use Case Involving Oregon Church That Feeds People Who are Homeless or Hungry

October 30, 2023 – U.S. Attorney’s Office and Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division Hold Forum on Civil Rights Protections for Religious Land Use

October 20,2023 - Justice Department Secures Agreement Requiring New York Village to End Discrimination Against Orthodox Jewish Residents

September 22, 2023 - Justice Department Marks 23rd Anniversary of Federal Religious Land Use Law by Announcing Community Outreach Program and Resources to Increase Awareness of Protections for Faith-Based Groups

May 10, 2023 - Justice Department Files Statement of Interest in Religious Land Use Case Involving Faith-Based Group That Feeds Homeless People in California

November 23, 2022- United States v. The City of Troy (E.D. Mich.)

November 15, 2022 - Adam Community Center v. City of Troy (E.D. Mich.)

June 15, 2022 - Justice Department Resolves Lawsuit Against Jackson Township, New Jersey, for Discriminatory Ordinances Targeting Orthodox Jewish Religious Schools  

March 22, 2022 - Federal Court Rules in Favor of the Justice Department in Lawsuit Against City of Troy, Michigan For Restrictions on Places of Worship and Treatment of Muslim Religious Group

February 25, 2022 - Justice Department Settles Case Against Village of Walthill, Nebraska, for Restricting Christian Church from Building New Place of Worship

October 14, 2021 - Stafford County, Virginia, to Allow Islamic Cemetery in Response to Justice Department Lawsuit

May 7, 2021 - Thai Meditation Association of Alabama v. City of Mobile, Alabama (S.D. Ala.)

March 10, 2021 - Justice Department Settles Claims Against Toms River, New Jersey Over Zoning Code That Restricts Houses of Worship

December 2, 2020 - Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Village of Airmont, New York, for Zoning Restrictions that Target the Orthodox Jewish Community

November 9, 2020 - United States v. City of Meriden, Connecticut (D. Conn.)

November 5, 2020 - Justice Department Settles Claims Against City of Meriden, Connecticut, Involving Denial of Mosque

October 30, 2020 - United States v. Woodcliff Lake, (D. N.J.)

September 22, 2020 - Department of Justice Marks 20th Anniversary of Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act with Comprehensive 20-Year Report

September 15, 2020 - Justice Department Settles Claims Against Borough of Woodcliff Lake Involving Denial of Permit to Orthodox Jewish Group to Construct Worship Center

June 19, 2020 - Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Stafford County, Virginia, Over Blocking of Islamic Cemetery

May 20, 2020 - Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Township of Jackson, New Jersey, and the Township's Planning Board for Zoning Restrictions that Target the Orthodox Jewish Community

March 25, 2020 - Sailak, LLC v. Forsyth County, Georgia (N.D. Ga.)

February 20, 2020 - Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against the Village of Walthill, Nebraska, for Restrictions on Non-Denominational Christian Church Trying to Build a Place of Worship

September 19, 2019 - Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against City of Troy, Michigan, for Restrictions on Muslim Religious Group Trying to Establish a Place to Worship

June 13, 2019 - Justice Department Celebrates Strong Support for Religious Freedom at One Year Mark of the Place to Worship Initiative

 
 
 
 
 

Speeches

October 7, 2019 - Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband Delivers Remarks at the Epstein Becker and Green 38th Annual Workforce Management Briefing

June 13, 2018 - Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks to the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center's Annual Leadership Mission

 

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Updated April 2, 2024