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Today, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of the United States granted a victory to Gabriel Olivier allowing him to go back to trial in the district court to make his case that an ordinance in Brandon, MS unconstitutionally prevents him from sharing his Christian faith near a public amphitheater.

First Liberty Institute and the law firm WilmerHale filed an appeal brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on behalf of 30-year veteran teacher, Marisol Arroyo-Castro, who was suspended and removed by the Consolidated School District of New Britain, Connecticut for refusing to remove a small crucifix from her personal items displayed beside her desk in the classroom.

Attorneys of First Liberty Institute, Quinn Emmanuel, and Breidenstein Legal Services, LLC filed a petition for writ of certiorari at the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of Missionaries of St. John the Baptist, Inc. in Kentucky after the Kentucky Supreme Court denied its right to build a modest shrine for quiet prayer and reflection on its own property. The petition urges the Supreme Court to take the case to clarify the proper standards under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”) forbidding unlawful burdens on religious land use and requiring religious organizations to be treated equally to similar secular organizations.

First Liberty Institute and Schaerr Jaffe LLP announced a favorable settlement for former Bath & Body Works employee, Jocelyn Boden, who was fired for refusing to use pronouns in a way that violated her religious beliefs.  

Today, President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission heard testimony from First Liberty client, Valerie Kloosterman, who was fired by the University of Michigan Health System after 17 years of excellent patient care. She shared about the impact of her termination and the need to protect others from religious discrimination.