COURT-MARTIALED! Marine Criminally Prosecuted by the U.S. Government for Displaying a Bible Verse in Her Workspace
First Liberty Institute and volunteer attorney Paul Clement ask the military’s highest court to take the case and protect service members’ right to religious freedom This week, First Liberty Institute and volunteer attorney Paul Clement asked the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (CAAF)—the highest military court whose […]
School Officials BAN Sixth-Grade Student the Right to Use Bible Verse in Class Assignment
First Liberty Institute sends demand letter to Somerset Academy seeking apology and restoration of 12-year-old client’s constitutional right to freely express her faith in school assignments School officials told sixth-grader Mackenzie Fraiser she can’t use a Bible verse in her school project. This week, First Liberty Institute sent a demand […]
A President’s Prayer for “Our Republic, Our Religion and Our Civilization”
by Kelly Shackelford, Esq. President, CEO & Chief Counsel This Memorial Day, as we remember our fallen military heroes, isn’t it appropriate that we identify and recommit ourselves to the things for which they offered the ultimate sacrifice? I’m not sure any U.S. President described it more dramatically than […]
A READY DEFENSE: How to Protect Your Ministry or Faith-Based Business from Legal Attack and Ruin
How do you save your ministry, faith-based business, or church from attacks that are already happening? People of faith can equip themselves to withstand litigation by anti-religious opponents! Learn more from First Liberty Institute General Counsel Jeff Mateer . . . It was right there in the New York […]
Portraits of Courage: High School Salutatorian Brooks Hamby Continues to Stand for Students’ Rights to Religious Expression
Reconnecting with First Liberty Institute clients and people of faith whose steadfastness and past legal victories continue to touch America today . . . Last year at this time, Brooks Hamby was getting ready to graduate from high school. He was about to be chosen as the salutatorian of […]
UPDATE: Humanists Step Up Efforts to DEMOLISH Historic Maryland World War I Veterans Memorial
First Liberty Institute continues defense of 90-year-old veterans memorial on behalf of its client, The American Legion Until the American Humanist Association filed its lawsuit, the Bladensburg, Maryland World War I Veterans Memorial stood without objection for almost 90 years. This week, the American Humanist Association (AHA) filed a motion […]
