Controversial Case Shelved

An Indiana judge cancels a trial, challenging limits on the state’s religious objections law…finding conservative groups failed to prove they were harmed by changes the Republican-dominated Legislature approved, shortly after then-Gov. Mike Pence signed it. In calling off the trial, scheduled for February, Hamilton County Judge, Michael Casati agreed with arguments the state and four cities made that the groups lacked standing to sue. Their lawsuit challenged changes to a 2015 law, prohibiting any government actions that substantially burden a person’s ability to follow his or her religious beliefs.