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.
Today, First Liberty Institute and the law firm Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted a religious accommodation to Forest Service employee Adam Diemert so he can fulfill his Sabbath obligations consistent with his faith.
The National Legal Foundation, Claybrook LLC, Troutman Pepper Locke, First Liberty Institute, and Alliance Defending Freedom filed a petition Tuesday at the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Liberty University student Bethany Hall, asking the justices to reverse a 2004 court decision allowing state-funded scholarship programs to exclude students pursuing a degree in religious studies.
First Liberty Institute, Clement & Murphy LLP, LightStone Law, and Bossenbrook Williams PC reached a settlement with University of Michigan Health-West in favor of Valerie Kloosterman, a physician assistant who was fired because of her religious beliefs about gender.
The U.S. Department of Justice today issued new guidance instructing all “executive departments and agencies to ensure that federal programs, employment practices, contracting, rulemaking, and enforcement actions comply with the Constitution, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal laws.”
