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Ken Blackwell – First Liberty Institute Board Member Opinion Editorial on Townhall.com On April 10, Justice Neil Gorsuch will celebrate his first anniversary on the United States Supreme Court. President Donald Trump and his supporters should celebrate as well, because in Gorsuch, Trump kept one of his core campaign promises […]

On May 4, 2017, the National Day of Prayer, President Trump issued a customary presidential proclamation celebrating the occasion. The President also issued an Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty.

“President Trump’s executive order on religious liberty should be both unnecessary and unremarkable. Yet activists have pledged to challenge President Trump in court for supporting the First Amendment. Our country was founded on the promise that its government would respect the religious liberty of its people. First Liberty will do […]

Dallas, Texas – Today, as the Senate begins confirmation hearings on Judge Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court, First Liberty Institute launches TrumpNominee.com analyzing Judge Gorsuch’s record on religious freedom. “After careful analysis of Judge Gorsuch’s opinions, I’m pleased to see that he has a strong and clear record of […]

Trump would blunt the left’s assault on religious institutions.

Washington, DC – Yesterday evening, a draft of a religious freedom executive order purported to be under consideration by the White House was leaked to the media. While anti-religious freedom activists immediately sounded the alarm, Kelly Shackelford, President and CEO of First Liberty Institute, says the order will simply implement common-sense […]