First Liberty Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on behalf of The Fraternal Order of Eagles. The brief supports a motion filed by Indiana Governor Mike Braun and Attorney General Todd Rokita to vacate a 2000 court order that barred a Ten Commandments monument from the Statehouse grounds.
The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of the District of Columbia, First Liberty Institute, and the law firm of Steptoe, LLP on behalf of WallBuilder Presentations (“WallBuilders”) asked the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to strike down the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (“WMATA”) advertising restrictions on issue and religious ads as violations of the First Amendment.
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument regarding the constitutionality of laws in Louisiana and Texas that require the posting of the Ten Commandments in schools.
Today, a dedication ceremony was held as a permanent monument of the Ten Commandments was placed on the grounds of the historic, 1895 Tarrant County Courthouse.
Atlantic City, NJ— Today, First Liberty Institute and the Harvard Law School Religious Freedom Clinic announced that Alexander Smith reached a favorable settlement with the City of Atlantic City securing his right to wear a beard on duty as an expression of his faith.
First Liberty Institute, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, and the Independence Law Center filed a federal lawsuit seeking a preliminary injunction against Collier Township for imposing unreasonable restrictions and refusing to grant permits for Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church’s expansion plans to construct a new chapel.
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