Today, First Liberty Institute, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, and Independence Law Center presented oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on behalf of Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church, a church wrongfully denied the ability to build a shrine on its property by Collier Township.
Attorneys for Schaerr | Jaffe LLP and First Liberty Institute filed their initial brief at the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of a group of parents urging the Justices to reverse a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that prevents parents from challenging Washington state laws that strip parents of their rights if they refuse to affirm their runaway child’s claimed “gender identity.”
Several organizations, including the Association on American Indian Affairs, the Comanche Nation, the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, and the Sikh Coalition and others, are asking the Supreme Court of the United States to take up a case that would stop the City of San Antonio from destroying a worship site sacred to the Native American Church.
First Liberty Institute, Foley & Lardner LLP, and the Harvard Law School Religious Freedom Clinic sent a demand letter to Mille Lacs County, Minnesota on behalf of two Amish congregations that are being discriminated against by the county through draconian zoning and permit schemes, making it virtually impossible for the Amish to live according to their sincerely held religious beliefs.
First Liberty Institute announced today that KIPP Nashville schools have removed several controversial books and materials from their curriculum after former teacher and First Liberty client, Eric Rivera, objected to teaching such books due to his religious beliefs. The school agreed in March 2026 to provide reasonable religious accommodations to all staff, and now, they have eliminated books that could violate Tennessee law regarding parental consent.
On behalf of three California families who were excluded from a state program because they chose religious material to homeschool their own children, First Liberty Institute, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and King & Spalding LLP asked the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upholding California’s decision to discriminate against the families on the basis of religion.
