The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania rejected the U.S. Postal Service’s (“USPS”) motion for summary judgement, ordering a trial for Gerald Groff, the former mail carrier who filed a lawsuit against USPS after he lost his job for observing the Sunday Sabbath.
Attorneys for First Liberty Institute today in oral argument urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to uphold the lower court’s decision that affirmed Zachary Hebb’s Constitutional right to offer alternatives to women seeking an abortion while using amplification to project his voice
First Liberty Institute and the law firm Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced today that they will appeal the decision by the United States District Court for the District of Arizona that rejected Heather Rooks’ request for absolute legislative immunity for reciting scripture during the Peoria Unified School District Board meetings.
This week, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost submitted a friend-of-the-court brief at the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Sixth Appellate District supporting an appeal filed by Dad’s Place, a Bryan, Ohio church keeping its doors open 24-hours a day, seven days a week that has been harassed by city officials for allegedly violating the city’s fire code. First Liberty Institute and the law firms Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP and Spengler Nathanson PLL represent Dad’s Place.
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously overturned the lower court’s decision that refused to hold the District in contempt for violating a 2007 injunction that protected several first responders’ religious freedom to wear a beard while on duty.
The following statement may be attributed to David Hacker, Vice President of Litigation and Senior Counsel at First Liberty Institute, regarding President Trump’s Executive Order reinstating military members who refused the COVID-19 vaccine:
Our military clients never quit in the fight for religious liberty. We are thrilled that all those service members who were guided by their conscience and steadfast in their faith have been vindicated. We are grateful to President Trump for standing with these brave, faithful warriors, and committing to reestablishing our military as strongest in the world.
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