Here are some important law-and-religion news stories from around the web:
- The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to reconsider its 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
- The Satanic Temple has been denied the opportunity to amend its Idaho abortion ban lawsuit.
- The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a statement addressing their concern for the evolving situation impacting migrants in the United States.
- The Supreme Court heard arguments in a religious rights case involving a Rastafarian man who is trying to sue Louisiana prison officials after they forcibly shaved his dreadlocks.
- U.S. bishops announced this week that Catholic hospitals in the United States are expressly prohibited from performing transgender-related surgeries on individuals who identify as the opposite sex.
- Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Elpidophoros became a naturalized U.S. citizen on November 10.