Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard oral argument in the case of Alexander Smith, a longtime first responder who was refused a religious accommodation to wear a short beard. Smith is seeking to reverse a lower court decision that allowed the Atlantic City Fire Department to deny his religious accommodation.
Statement from Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel for First Liberty Institute, regarding comments by presidential candidate Kamala Harris on CNN indicating that she is open to adding additional justices to the U.S. Supreme Court:
Transforming the Supreme Court into another partisan body would destroy the independence of the judiciary and threaten the civil liberties of all Americans. American voters deserve to know where all the presidential candidates stand on court packing.
Today, First Liberty Institute and the law firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP sent a letter demanding the City of Santa Ana (CA) Planning and Building Agency grant Anchor Stone Christian Church’s Conditional Use Permit (CUP) to use church property to conduct religious services.
First Liberty Institute and the law firm King & Spalding LLP filed their opening brief in an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging California school policies that discriminate against families who choose faith-based curricula in charter schools’ parent-directed homeschool programs.
First Liberty Institute sent a letter to the Town of Chapin, South Carolina on behalf of local resident Ernest Giardino after he was told a permit was required to hold a sign and share his faith on a public sidewalk.
First Liberty Institute and the law firm Lehotsky Keller Cohn LLP today filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the Texas Supreme Court providing interpretation of a new provision of the Texas State Constitution barring government entities from prohibiting or limiting religious services. Texans adopted the provision in response to restrictions imposed by state and local governments during the COVID pandemic.
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