By Stephanie Taub, Senior Counsel: California’s differential treatment of schools and childcare centers in response to COVID-19 is nonsensical and unscientific. Americans have placed their trust in state and local health officials. Acts of bureaucratic overreach undermine that trust.
News Release For Immediate Release: 9.9.20 Contact: Lacey McNiel, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Navy Cancels Catholic Chaplains First Liberty Institute Sends Letter Urging Defense Secretary to Defend Religious Liberty Rights of All Military Service Members Washington, DC–First Liberty Institute sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to express concern […]
News Release For Immediate Release: 9.4.20 Contact: Lacey McNiel, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 After Letter from Religious Liberty Law Firm, Texas County Will Allow Religious School to Reopen Next Week Cameron County, Texas responded to letter from First Liberty Institute Brownsville, TX—Late yesterday, officials in Cameron County, Texas announced that they […]
Politicians have long been enamored by their own wisdom—and power. Love of self-governance, individual freedom and other principles that have made America exceptional has recently laid bare the fecklessness of “because I said so” governance.
News Release For Immediate Release: 8.26.20 Contact: Lacey McNiel, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Private, Christian School Urges Santa Cruz County, California to Follow State Guidelines Allowing the School to Reopen Local health officials threaten continued closure of schools, despite state guidelines providing for a safe reopening Santa Cruz, CA—First Liberty Institute […]
News Release For Immediate Release: 8.21.20 Contact: Lacey McNiel, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 First Liberty Institute Praises Attorneys General Paxton, Landry, and Fitch for Brief Urging Federal Court to Protect Religious Freedom of Religious Groups Plano, TX—Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn […]