First Liberty Institute Responds in High-Stakes Showdown Over Court-Martialed Marine’s Religious Freedom
On Thursday, First Liberty Institute (formerly Liberty Institute) and volunteer attorneys submitted a reply brief in United States v. Sterling, an ongoing case for the religious freedom of a Marine who was court-martialed in early 2014 for refusing to remove Bible verses she taped around her personal workspace.
Liberty Institute is now First Liberty Institute
New name reinforces critical importance of religious liberty at a crossroads of American history.
IN OR OUT? Texas Lt. Governor Asks Attorney General to Clarify Freedom for Chaplain Program and Prayer in Courts
On Wednesday, February 17, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick asked Attorney General Ken Paxton to provide a legal opinion clarifying the constitutionality of Texas Judge Wayne Mack’s volunteer chaplaincy program and his practice of allowing chaplains to open court sessions in prayer.
First Liberty Institute Exposes Obamacare’s Continued Religious Liberty Violations in Supreme Court Amicus Brief
First Liberty filed a friend of court brief last week at the United States Supreme Court in Zubik v. Burwell—one of the most consequential cases before the Court this year. “If the Supreme Court rejects the arguments of the plaintiffs in Zubik v. Burwell, First Liberty’s clients—and all faith-based non-profit ministries—will […]
Not Over Yet: Humanists Appeal Bladensburg Victory
Nearly two years have passed since the American Humanist Association sued for the removal or destruction of the Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial in Bladensburg, Maryland—and the battle continues. After the United States District Court for the District of Maryland ruled in November 2015 that the cross-shaped memorial was […]
CELEBRATION AND REFLECTION: Thomas Jefferson’s Wisdom Proves Accurate on National Religious Freedom Day, 239 years later
Tomorrow will mark the 23rd National Religious Freedom Day in America. Recognized by Presidential Proclamations since 1993, Religious Freedom Day commemorates the adoption of the 1786 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom by the Virginia General Assembly. Originally drafted in 1777 by Thomas Jefferson, the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was […]
