Today, First Liberty Institute’s Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy (“CRCD”) revealed the results of its fifth annual Religious Liberty in the States (“RLS”) index, the only comprehensive comparison of how all 50 states protect religious liberty through law.
First Liberty Institute and the international law firm Jones Day sent a letter to Connecticut’s Joint Committee on Legislative Management on behalf of the Family Institute of Connecticut (FIC) after it was prohibited from displaying a small Nativity in the state Capitol building in December. The Committee’s policy allows private displays in the Capitol unless they are “religious in nature.” The letter asks the Committee to remove the discriminatory provision from its policy and allow the private Nativity display this Christmas season.
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.
