First Liberty’s Annual Survey Reveals Attacks on Religious Freedom Doubled
For anyone who thinks religious discrimination is non-existent in America, the attorneys at First Liberty Institute have a different story. First Liberty announced on Monday the release of Undeniable: The Survey of Hostility to Religion in America (2016). It is available online here, free of charge. This 2016 edition of […]
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 […]
