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December 14, 2017 10:59 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Top Religious Freedom Attorney, Constitutional Law Expert Joins First Liberty Institute

PLANO, Texas, Dec. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute announced today that top religious liberty attorney and constitutional law expert, Benjamin Bull, will launch and lead the...
December 01, 2017 10:47 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Prominent Religious Liberty Law Firm and Think Tank File Friend-of-the-Court Brief Supporting Archdiocese of Washington Against WMATA’s Religious Discrimination

WASHINGTON, Dec. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute and the Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC), represented by Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, filed a friend-of-the-court brief...
November 29, 2017 11:33 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Church Told Flyers Are Too Religious, Barred from Sharing Community Events Information with Students

YERINGTON, Nev., Nov. 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, attorneys with First Liberty Institute and Lipson, Neilson, Cole, Seltzer & Garin, P.C. (“Lipson Neilson”) sent a letter to the Lyon...
November 20, 2017 11:39 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

First Liberty Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Review Case of Woman Ordered by Police to Stop Praying in Her Home

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On Friday, attorneys for First Liberty Institute and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP filed a petition for certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court in...
November 14, 2017 16:54 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Attack on Bible Curriculum Thrown Out of Court

PRINCETON, W.V., Nov. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, a federal district court dismissed a challenge to the Bible curriculum offered in Mercer County Schools. First Liberty Institute, the law...
November 14, 2017 12:44 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Grandfather Prohibited from Reading the Bible Out Loud on a Public Sidewalk

SWEETWATER, Tenn., Nov. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, First Liberty and the Center for Religious Expression (CRE) sent a demand letter to the City of Sweetwater, Tennessee on behalf of their...
November 13, 2017 16:27 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

First Liberty Institute Asks Congress to Protect Houston Churches

DALLAS, Nov. 13, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Attorneys with First Liberty Institute sent letters to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Speaker Paul Ryan supporting the House and Senate Federal...
November 10, 2017 11:41 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Victory for Special Education Employee Reprimanded for Telling Coworker, “I will pray for you”

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Augusta School Department sent First Liberty client Toni Richardson an updated memorandum acknowledging Richardson’s protected First...
November 01, 2017 21:27 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Attorneys for The American Legion Petition for En Banc Rehearing in Bladensburg Veterans Memorial Case

RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In light of last month’s decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit declaring the Bladensburg WWI Veterans...
October 31, 2017 10:48 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

DOJ Agrees to Final Relief to First Liberty Clients Seeking Exemption from Obamacare Mandate

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- After three years of litigation, First Liberty Institute clients Insight for Living Ministries (IFLM) and several ministries of the Christian and...