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Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters, Represented by First Liberty Institute, Filed Friend-of-the-court Brief at the Supreme Court Fighting Discrimination Against a Faith-based Charter School

March 12, 2025 • Press Releases

Washington, DC—Today, First Liberty Institute and the law firms Gibson Dunn and Spencer Fane filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the U.S. Supreme Court with Gibson Dunn representing First Liberty and First Liberty representing Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma Department of Education, and the Oklahoma Board of Education. The brief challenges the exclusion of religious schools from the state’s charter school program, thus violating the Free Exercise Clause.

U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear City of Stockton Fire Chief Ron Hittle’s Wrongful Termination Case

March 10, 2025 • Press Releases

News Release For Immediate Release: 3.10.25 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear City of Stockton Fire Chief Ron Hittle’s Wrongful Termination Case Justices Thomas and Gorsuch dissented, arguing the Court should have taken case. Washington, D.C.—Today, the Supreme Court of the United States declined […]

Law Firm Corrects ACLU’s Legal Analysis of Biblical References in Texas Curriculum

March 6, 2025 • Press Releases

News Release  For Immediate Release: 3.6.25 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Law Firm Corrects ACLU’s Legal Analysis of Biblical References in Texas Curriculum Legal precedent confirms that public schools may educate students about the role of religion in America’s history. Austin, TX—First Liberty Institute sent a letter to the […]

Ohio Court Stays Imposition of Sentence of Bryan, Ohio Pastor

February 13, 2025 • Press Releases

News Release  For Immediate Release: 2.13.25 Contact: John Manning, media@firstliberty.org Direct: 972-941-4453 Ohio Court Stays Imposition of Sentence of Bryan, Ohio Pastor State appellate court ruling is the second favoring the church’s overnight ministry. Toledo, OH—A panel of judges on the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Sixth Appellate District, granted […]

Diverse Groups Urge Supreme Court to Hear Parent’s Appeal to Represent Child In Court

February 12, 2025 • In the NewsThe Freedom Brief

Several institutions including American Hindu Coalition, Manhattan Institute, Advancing American Freedom, and Capability Consulting, a business group dedicated to disability education, have filed “friend-of-the-court” briefs in Warner v. Hillsborough County School Board, urging the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse a lower court decision that prohibits parents from representing their children pro se unless they are an attorney.

Pennsylvania VA Chaplain Sanctioned for Chapel Message, Faces Sermon Censorship by Supervisor

February 11, 2025 • Press Releases

Today, First Liberty Institute and the Independence Law Center sent a letter on behalf of Rusty Trubey, a veteran chaplain at the Coatesville VA Medical Center, asking U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins to take immediate action to eliminate a speech code being imposed by the VA and ensure that Chaplain Trubey and his colleagues may preach according to the dictates of their conscience.

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