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.”
News Release For Immediate Release: 7.23.26 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Court Asked to Reverse Decision Saying Ten Commandments Monument at the Arkansas Capitol Must Come Down District Court Order distorts Supreme Court precedent establishing that displays of the Ten Commandments are constitutional. St. Louis, MO—Arkansas Attorney General Tim […]
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.
