Trump's Religious Liberty Commission sued over lack of diversity [View all]

Source: USA today


Feb. 9, 2026, 10:20 a.m. ET



A group of multifaith organizations sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Feb. 9 over what they contend is an illegal lack of religious and ideological diversity on the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Commission.


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The organizations are asking the court, among other requests, to find the commission violates the Federal Advisory Committee Act, a law that requires such groups to be "fairly balanced in terms of the points of view represented."

The Religious Liberty Commission includes Protestant, Catholic and Jewish people, but no Muslims or members of other minority religious groups. Its members broadly "espouse the view that America is a 'Judeo-Christian' nation with limited, if any restrictions, on infusing their religious values into government," the lawsuit said.

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The plaintiffs are being represented by Democracy Forward and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which has described the commission as being part of an "administration-wide effort to advance Christian Nationalism.".....................

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