Today, First Liberty Institute and the law firms Mayer Brown LLP and Ganguly Brothers Misula PLLC announced that the Grand Island Central School District will allow Sabrina Steffans to design her parking space with her original submission that included a Bible verse and religious images. The
Today, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas-San Antonio division issued a decision blocking Texas’s Ten Commandments law. The following statement may be attributed to Matt Krause, Of Counsel for First Liberty Institute.
First Liberty Institute and the law firm Eimer Stahl LLP announced that the University of Wisconsin granted a religious accommodation request for incoming Jewish freshman Orly Gallo. The decision came after the school received a demand letter stressing the First Amendment’s protection for religious practices.
Today, First Liberty Institute and the law firms Mayer Brown LLP and Ganguly Brothers Misula PLLC sent a demand letter to the Grand Island Central School District urging the principal at the Grand Island Senior High School to reverse her denial of Sabrina Steffans’ parking space design that includes Bible references and religious imagery.
First Liberty Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on behalf of Grace Church St. Louis (MO) and New Way Church (FL) in support of a joint motion for the entry of a consent judgement approving the Internal Revenue Service’s (“IRS”) agreement that churches and religious organizations will no longer face investigation under the “Johnson Amendment” when talking to their congregation about politics.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Tuesday in World Vision, Inc. v. McMahon that the ministerial exception doctrine protects the right of religious organizations to hire people who share an organization’s religious beliefs when the employee performs “vital religious duties” to carry out the “core mission” of the organization.
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