Attorneys for First Liberty Institute and Greenberg Traurig LLP today asked the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse a lower court decision that forced Bethesda University to include board members who do not follow their firmly held, religious beliefs.
On behalf of the Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Department of Education, and the State Board of Education, First Liberty Institute and the law firm Spencer Fane filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the Supreme Court of the United States to hear Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, a case involving the constitutionality of the Oklahoma Charter School Board’s approval of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School for inclusion as a charter-school.
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard oral argument in the case of Alexander Smith, a longtime first responder who was refused a religious accommodation to wear a short beard. Smith is seeking to reverse a lower court decision that allowed the Atlantic City Fire Department to deny his religious accommodation.
Statement from Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel for First Liberty Institute, regarding comments by presidential candidate Kamala Harris on CNN indicating that she is open to adding additional justices to the U.S. Supreme Court:
Transforming the Supreme Court into another partisan body would destroy the independence of the judiciary and threaten the civil liberties of all Americans. American voters deserve to know where all the presidential candidates stand on court packing.
Today, First Liberty Institute and the law firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP sent a letter demanding the City of Santa Ana (CA) Planning and Building Agency grant Anchor Stone Christian Church’s Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to use church property to conduct religious services.
First Liberty Institute and the law firm King & Spalding LLP filed their opening brief in an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging California school policies that discriminate against families who choose faith-based curricula in charter schools’ parent-directed homeschool programs.
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