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March 19, 2018 14:41 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

First Liberty Urges Court to Protect Tradition of Religious Symbolism

PHILADELPHIA, March 19, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute and attorney Cory Liu today filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in the case...
March 14, 2018 10:20 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

First Liberty Encourages NY High Court to Protect Ancient Jewish Religious Practice

ALBANY, N.Y., March 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute and law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York...
March 07, 2018 08:54 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

First Liberty Files HUD Complaint Against Florida Condominium Association for Religious Liberty Violation

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla., March 07, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Attorneys with First Liberty Institute and Greenberg Traurig, P.A., today filed a complaint with the United States Department of Housing and...
March 02, 2018 10:43 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

First Liberty Institute Files Appeal at Oregon Supreme Court In Sweet Cakes by Melissa Case

SALEM, Ore., March 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, attorneys with First Liberty Institute and Boyden Gray & Associates filed an appeal at the Oregon Supreme Court in the case of Aaron and...
March 01, 2018 17:32 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Fourth Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing in Bladensburg Veterans Memorial Case

RICHMOND, Va., March 01, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today denied an en banc rehearing in the Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial case. First...
February 21, 2018 10:24 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

First Liberty Institute President Mourns Passing of Evangelist Billy Graham

PLANO, Texas, Feb. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute today mourns the passing of evangelist Billy Graham. Graham, who died Wednesday at the age of 99 at his home in North...
January 25, 2018 14:22 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Ninth Circuit: Coach Kennedy Doesn’t Have a Prayer

SEATTLE, Jan. 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied football coach Joe Kennedy’s request for a hearing en banc. Attorneys with First Liberty...
January 02, 2018 20:08 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

FEMA Ends Religious Discrimination Against Hurricane-Affected Houses of Worship

WASHINGTON, Jan. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, after First Liberty Institute sent a letter asking President Trump to end a discriminatory FEMA directive, the White House announced that it will...
December 28, 2017 12:20 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Court Rules Against Family Who Lost Their Bakery for Not Making Same-Sex Wedding Cake

SALEM, Ore., Dec. 28, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Oregon Court of Appeals issued its decision in the case of Aaron and Melissa Klein, former owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa. The court...
December 14, 2017 14:36 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

First Liberty Institute Congratulates Its Former Volunteer Attorney James C. Ho on His Judicial Confirmation

PLANO, Texas, Dec. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm James C. Ho to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Ho, regarded nationally as...