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President Trump Recognizes Two First Liberty Clients at Religious Liberty Commission 

September 8, 2025 • Press Releases

President Trump attended the meeting showing his support for religious liberty in America and said, “To have a great nation, you have to have religion.” He recognized former First Liberty client Hannah Allen who was told she could not pray in the school lunchroom and then invited First Liberty client Shea Encinas to share his story when, as a fifth grade student, he was forced to read the book My Shadow is Pink with his kindergarten buddy—a book about gender ideology that conflicted with his deeply held religious beliefs.

District Court Orders State of New York to Pay Over $817,000 in Attorneys’ Fees in Religious Liberty Case

September 4, 2025 • Press Releases

The United States District Court for the Western District of New York ordered the State of New York to pay over $817,000 in attorneys’ fees to His Tabernacle Family Church (“His Tabernacle”), a nondenominational church in Horseheads, New York.

Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Physician Assistant Fired for Her Religious Beliefs

August 27, 2025 • Press Releases

First Liberty Institute and the law firm Clement & Murphy PLLC announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled in favor of Valerie Kloosterman, a physician assistant who was fired from her job for her religious beliefs.

Ten Commandments Bear “Presumption of Constitutionality,” says First Liberty Institute to Texas Superintendents

August 26, 2025 • Press Releases

News Release  For Immediate Release: 8.26.25 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Ten Commandments Bear “Presumption of Constitutionality,” says First Liberty Institute to Texas Superintendents The letter follows Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s instructions that schools, not blocked by recent litigation, should post the historic document. Plano, TX—Attorneys at First […]

Ninth Circuit Hears Oral Argument on Behalf of Flight Attendants Fired for Their Faith

August 22, 2025 • Press Releases

Today, First Liberty Institute presented oral argument at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of two flight attendants, Lacey Smith and Marli Brown, who were wrongfully terminated from their positions at Alaska Airlines, and discriminated against by the flight attendants’ union, because of their religious beliefs.

First Liberty Institute President and CEO Kelly Shackelford’s Statement on the Passing of Dr. James Dobson

August 21, 2025 • Press Releases

Kelly Shackelford, president and CEO of First Liberty Institute, and longtime friend of Dr. James Dobson, issued this statement today on the passing of Focus on the Family founder, Dr. James Dobson:

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