Breaking: U.S. Navy Reverses Course, Ends Ban on Troops Attending Indoor Religious Services
July 09, 2020 10:02 ET
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First Liberty Institute
First Liberty Institute urged U.S. Navy to accommodate the religious beliefs of its service members and chaplains to attend in-person religious services WASHINGTON, July 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)...
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Trump Administration’s Exemptions to Contraceptive Mandate
July 08, 2020 12:46 ET
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First Liberty Institute
WASHINGTON, July 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Supreme Court of the United States today held 7–2 in Little Sisters of the Poor. v. Pennsylvania, et al., that the Trump Administration has the...
U.S. Supreme Court Decision Recognizes and Protects the Independence of Religious Institutions
July 08, 2020 11:22 ET
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First Liberty Institute
WASHINGTON, July 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 7-2 that courts should stay out of employment...
U.S. Navy Bans Troops from Indoor Religious Services
June 29, 2020 11:19 ET
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First Liberty Institute
MONTEREY, Calif., June 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute today sent a letter to the United States Navy on behalf of active duty officer Daniel Schultz asking the U.S. Navy to...
Delaware Town that Banned Nativity Scene from Annual Christmas Display Sued by Knights of Columbus
June 23, 2020 12:02 ET
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First Liberty Institute
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del., June 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, on behalf of the local Knights of Columbus council, First Liberty Institute, Jones Day, and Morton, Valihura & Zerbato, LLC, filed...
Elderly Blind Woman Ticketed, Threatened with Arrest by Park Authorities for Sharing Her Faith with Others
June 17, 2020 12:06 ET
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First Liberty Institute
PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute and William Wray Jr., an attorney at Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C., today filed a charge of discrimination with the...
Churches Inform Massachusetts Mayor of Plans to Immediately Resume In-Person Church Gatherings Despite His Order
June 10, 2020 11:33 ET
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First Liberty Institute
SOMERVILLE, Mass., June 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute and the Massachusetts Family Institute today sent a letter to Somerville, Massachusetts Mayor Joseph Curtatone informing...
Plaintiff in Supreme Court’s Religious Liberty Altering Smith Decision Asks Justices to Protect Faith-Based Adoption Agencies
June 03, 2020 12:16 ET
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First Liberty Institute
WASHINGTON, June 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, in which the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the...
Religious Liberty Expert Stands with President Trump on Reopening Churches
May 22, 2020 15:08 ET
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First Liberty Institute
WASHINGTON, May 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following statement may be attributed to Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel to First Liberty Institute: “The discrimination that...
Department of Labor Strengthens Religious Liberty Protections for Faith-Based Organizations Partnering with Government
May 18, 2020 14:57 ET
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First Liberty Institute
WASHINGTON, May 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute today commended United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) Secretary Eugene Scalia for issuing a directive and new guidance...