DOJ: New Jersey Tribes’ Claims Of Religious Persecution By Township Should Proceed

Mealey's (March 20, 2019, 10:38 AM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — Two Indian tribes in New Jersey should be allowed to amend their complaint against a township because they state valid and ripe claims that the township discriminated against them by forcing them to stop holding religious ceremonies on their land, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says in a March 18 statement of interest filed in New Jersey federal court (Ramapough Mountain Indians, Inc., et al. v. Mahwah Township, et al., No. 2:18-cv-9228, D. N.J.)....