Federal judge dismisses a lawsuit over makeup of Trump's Religious Liberty Commission
Judge John P. Cronan said federal law did not require a specific ideological mix and found Trump had broad discretion in appointing commission members.
- On Monday, U.S. District Judge John Cronan dismissed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's Religious Liberty Commission, ruling the advisory panel does not violate federal requirements that such committees be "fairly balanced."
- The lawsuit, filed in February by the Interfaith Alliance, Muslim, and Hindu groups, argued the Religious Liberty Commission violated rules by excluding non-Judeo-Christian faith traditions and consisted almost entirely of conservative Christians with one Orthodox Jewish rabbi.
- Cronan wrote that "The RLC must only be fairly balanced—not perfectly balanced," rejecting claims that Trump was required to appoint representatives from every faith tradition or adopt a quota system.
- Organizations including Democracy Forward and Americans United for Separation of Church and State stated their litigation "helped uncover the information the Trump-Vance administration attempted to hide from the public about this biased and unlawful body."
- Trump established the Religious Liberty Commission last year under Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, and critics said its June draft report challenged the separation of church and state while failing to address anti-Muslim attacks.
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