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First Liberty Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Review Case of Woman Ordered by Police to Stop Praying in Her Home  

Attorneys say police should have known their actions violated the First Amendment
November 20, 2017 • Press Releases

WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Friday, attorneys for First Liberty Institute and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in Sause v. Bauer on behalf of their client, Mary Anne Sause. Read the petition here. The petition asks the Supreme Court to reverse the appellate […]

Mercer County Schools Case

Attack on Bible Curriculum Thrown Out of Court

First Liberty Institute attorneys say school district committed to following the law
November 14, 2017 • Press Releases

PRINCETON, WV—Today, a federal district court dismissed a challenge to the Bible curriculum offered in Mercer County Schools. First Liberty Institute, the law firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, and Brewster, Morhous, Cameron, Caruth, Moore, Kersey & Stafford, PLLC, represent Mercer County Schools. The following may be attributed to Hiram […]

Paul Johnson Case

Grandfather Prohibited from Reading the Bible Out Loud on a Public Sidewalk

First Liberty attorneys say city law enforced against client is unconstitutional
November 14, 2017 • Press Releases

SWEETWATER, Tenn.—Today, First Liberty and the Center for Religious Expression (CRE) sent a demand letter to the City of Sweetwater, Tennessee on behalf of their client, Paul Johnson. The letter asks the city to stop using a twenty-five-year-old city ordinance to prohibit Johnson from reading the Bible on a public […]

Victory for Special Education Employee Reprimanded for Telling Coworker, “I will pray for you”

School district acknowledges First Amendment rights of its employees
November 10, 2017 • Press Releases

Today, the Augusta School Department sent First Liberty client Toni Richardson an updated memorandum acknowledging Richardson’s protected First Amendment right to privately discuss religion among her co-workers.

Attorneys for The American Legion Petition for En Banc Rehearing in Bladensburg Veterans Memorial Case

Petition for rehearing en banc filed today with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
November 1, 2017 • Press Releases

RICHMOND, VA—In light of last month’s decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit declaring the Bladensburg WWI Veterans Memorial unconstitutional, First Liberty Institute and Jones Day have filed a petition for a rehearing en banc on behalf of The American Legion. The […]

DOJ Agrees to Final Relief to First Liberty Clients Seeking Exemption from Obamacare Mandate

Settlement builds on critical religious liberty protections recently announced by the Trump administration
October 30, 2017 • Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC—After three years of litigation, First Liberty Institute clients Insight for Living Ministries (IFLM) and several ministries of the Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination (CMA) today received final relief from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in their fight for an exemption from the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraceptive […]

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