First Liberty Institute, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, and the Independence Law Center filed an opening brief yesterday at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on behalf of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit upheld, in part, a Maine law passed after the state lost in Carson v. Makin, which the state designed to prevent religious schools from participating in its school choice program. First Liberty Institute and Consovoy McCarthy PLLC, which represent Crosspoint Church and Bangor Christian Schools (“BCS”), plan to appeal the decision.
First Liberty Institute today announced that Hunter Baker has joined the legal firm’s Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy (“CRCD”) as senior fellow, leading a project designed to bring about a renewal of American citizenship and civics education. Baker comes to First Liberty after serving as provost at North Greenville University since January of 2024.
First Liberty Institute and the University of Texas School of Law’s Law and Religion Clinic filed a petition at the Supreme Court of the United States asking the Justices to reverse a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that affirmed a lower court’s decision to allow the city of San Antonio to destroy and redevelop a Native American sacred religious site.
Today, the President’s Religious Liberty Commission delivered a draft of its final report with recommendations for protecting the right of all Americans to freely exercise their faith without fear or Government censorship or retaliation. Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel at First Liberty and member of the Commission, who attended a White House meeting today to deliver the report
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of two flight attendants, Lacey Smith and Marli Brown, who were wrongfully terminated from their positions at Alaska Airlines, and discriminated against by the flight attendants’ union, because of their faith-based responses on an employee-only online network.
