Supreme Court

Dallas, Texas – Today, President Donald Trump announced his nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. Kelly Shackelford, President and CEO of First Liberty Institute, praises Judge Gorsuch’s consistent record on religious liberty. “As a candidate, President Trump promised to appoint pro-religious freedom judges to the Supreme […]

President Donald Trump has whittled his Supreme Court short list to four candidates to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

Washington, DC – First Liberty Institute filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court today in the case of Gloucester County School Board v. G.G.. The brief was filed on behalf of 22 religious educational institutions and educators, including multiple highly respected Catholic schools and the Association of Christian […]

It’s been a difficult year for religious freedom in America, but the future holds “huge windows of opportunity,” says Kelly Shackelford, constitutional attorney and president of the non-profit religious liberty law firm First Liberty Institute.

A Marine lance corporal who was given a bad conduct discharge in 2014 for offenses including refusal to remove printed Bible passages from her work station is now petitioning the Supreme Court to review her case.

WASHINGTON, DC – First Liberty Institute and nationally renowned litigator Paul Clement announce they have filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court, asking the Supreme Court to accept the case of Sterling v. United States. The case centers around the question of how the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) […]