By Lathan Watts, Director of Public Affairs: “You can’t handle the truth!” With that exclamatory pronouncement, Jack Nicholson launched into the soliloquy which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in the film “A Few Good Men.”
By Mike Berry, General Counsel: In January 2014, the Department of Defense revised DOD Instruction 1300.17, the regulation that governs the accommodation of religious practices within the military. Shortly thereafter, I was invited on behalf of First Liberty Institute to testify before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee about the threats to religious freedom in the military.
By Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO and Chief Counsel: Thanks in part to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 presidential election will be one unlike any other. However, one issue that proved to be a deciding factor for many voters in 2016 will remain as important, if not more, during this cycle: judicial appointments.
Press Statement For Immediate Release: 9.26.20 Contact: Lacey McNiel, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Statement of First Liberty Institute and Kelly Shackelford on Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Washington, DC—President Donald Trump tonight nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to the United […]
Press Statement For Immediate Release: 9.24.20 Contact: Lacey McNiel, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Eleventh Circuit: Jurors Might Have a Prayer Panel agrees to hear en banc appeal of case where juror was dismissed because they sought divine guidance during trial deliberations Atlanta, GA.—Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
By Jeremy Dys, Special Counsel for Litigation and Communications: When U.S. District Judge Gregory Tatenhove placed a temporary restraining order on Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s unconstitutional attempt to halt in-person worship during the COVID-19 pandemic, he did so with the following moving language: “The Constitution will endure.
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