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Government,
Civil Rights

Mar. 19, 2025

DOJ backs religious plaintiffs in California disputes

DOJ supports Jewish UCLA students and a Santa Ana church in civil rights cases, filing statements to guide courts on religious rights disputes amid California tensions.

The U.S. Department of Justice has backed multiple religious plaintiffs in civil rights disputes in Southern California federal courts this month.

On Monday, the department supported equal access claims brought by Jewish UCLA students against the university over on-campus protests that they said kept them from going to class. Last Friday, the government backed religious land use claims brought by Anchor Stone Christian Church against the city of Santa Ana over alleged zoning restr...

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