May a teacher at a Jewish Reform Temple be fired for co-authoring a blog post critical of Israel and Zionism despite a New York labor law prohibiting an employer from taking adverse action against an employee based on legal “recreational activities”?
The IRS has issued its annual notice of standard mileage rates for income tax deductions (Notice 2026-10). The mileage rate for business travel, which is indexed for inflation, is 72.5 cents per mile for 2026, up 2.5 cents per mile from the rate for 2025.
The rate for “rendering gratuitous services to a charitable organization” is 14 cents per mile, set by statute many years ago.
The federal District Court of Massachusetts (Patti B. Saris) has declared that an executive memorandum issued by President Trump to place a “temporary” hold on offshore leasing for wind projects (the “Wind Memo”) violates the Administrative Procedures Act and is unlawful. It has vacated the Memo “in its entirety.”
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has unceremoniously affirmed a trial court decision dismissing a Drexel University student’s effort to overturn his expulsion during the early months of Covid.
The federal District Court for the Northern District of California (Charles R. Breyer) has issued a preliminary injunction ordering the removal of federalized National Guard troops from California.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has issued a Memorandum for all Federal Prosecutors, Law Enforcement Agencies and Department of Justice Grant-Making Components “implementing” President Trump’s National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 on Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence. It significantly expands the kind of thinking that can be considered in defining terrorism.
The federal District Court in Texas hearing the challenge to the constitutionality of the so-called “Johnson Amendment” that prohibits charities from participating in election campaigns has denied a request by Americans United for Separation of Church and State to intervene in the case.
