Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by an interfaith group challenging the composition of President Trump's Religious Liberty Commission. The lawsuit, brought by the Interfaith Alliance and other religious groups, argued that the commission's predominantly conservative Christian makeup lacked the legally required balance of viewpoints. Judge John P. Cronan ruled that while federal law mandates advisory commissions to have a balance of viewpoints, it does not specify how this should be achieved. The judge noted that President Trump has broad discretion in selecting commission members. The plaintiffs contended that the commission was imbalanced, consisting mainly of conservative Christians and one Orthodox Jewish rabbi, and that it supported the notion of America as a Judeo-Christian nation. The commission's draft report, which questioned the separation of church and state, further fueled these concerns. However, the judge found that the lawsuit did not meet the legal criteria to proceed, citing th... 
