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DOL Issues New Guidelines to Stop Discrimination Against Religious Federal Contractors By: Stephanie Taub, First Liberty Institute Senior Counsel. Originally published by Townhall on August 26, 2018. Thanks to the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, the federal government clarified that it is free to […]

First Liberty Highlight Reel: 3 Key Supreme Court Cases in Our History
It’s football season! And as teams watch game tapes and get ready to go head-to-head with their rivals, here at First Liberty, we’ve been preparing for our upcoming season by doing some film review of our own. With the start of the Supreme Court’s term only a couple of months […]

Military Meltdown? Political correctness turns into open hostility to religious liberty in America’s armed forces.
Anti-religious hostility and bias should not exist inside America’s military. But today, service members and veterans are facing unprecedented attacks on their religious liberty. They are humiliated, assaulted, and even face the threat of having their careers ruined due to a growing hostility to religious expression – and some military […]

Kelly Shackelford Helps Lead Effort Urging Senate to Speed Up Judicial Confirmations
The clock is ticking… With a contentious midterm election looming in November, the time to confirm judges to America’s federal courts could be running out. In the U.S. Senate, Republicans wield a razor-thin 51-49 majority, which already makes it an uphill battle to vet, vote, and confirm President Trump’s judicial […]

The “Prayer Police” Could Soon Be Knocking on Your Front Door
Knock, knock. It’s the “Prayer Police.” Fellow patriots, stay alert. They could soon show up at the front steps of your own home. The latest sting operation happened at a senior living community in Fredericksburg, VA, where First Liberty stepped in to represent retired minister Ken Hauge and his wife, […]

Live from Minneapolis! First Liberty Presents 2018 Religious Liberty Award
This year, First Liberty will be coming to you LIVE from Minneapolis! Kelly Shackelford will announce our 2018 Philip B. Onderdonk Jr. Religious Liberty Award honoree at The American Legion’s national convention happening this year in one of Minnesota’s famous Twin Cities. Every year, First Liberty Institute bestows the Philip […]