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February 15, 2019 14:14 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

First Liberty Institute Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Reverse Puerto Rico Court Decision Threatening Church, Religious Freedom

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, attorneys with First Liberty Institute filed a brief with the Supreme Court of the United States on behalf of two Catholic schools responding in...
February 14, 2019 10:37 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

First Liberty Institute Files Final Brief on Behalf of The American Legion and the Bladensburg WWI Veterans Memorial at SCOTUS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wednesday—just two weeks prior to oral argument—attorneys with First Liberty Institute and Jones Day, jointly representing The American Legion, filed...
January 22, 2019 12:02 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

HALFTIME: U.S. Supreme Court Declines First Opportunity to Review Decision Preventing Coach from Taking a Knee

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that, at this time, it is not going to review the appeal in the case Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, in...
December 20, 2018 09:00 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

United States Postal Service Regulation Denies Personalized Christmas Stamp Because of Religious Content

PLANO, Texas, Dec. 20, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute sent a letter today to the United States Postal Service (“USPS”) seeking clarification of its policies regarding custom...
December 17, 2018 17:22 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

The American Legion Files Brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in Defense of the Bladensburg WWI Veterans Memorial it Built

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, attorneys with First Liberty Institute and Jones Day, jointly representing The American Legion in The American Legion, et al. v. American...
December 11, 2018 08:58 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Lawsuit Alleges Systematic Discrimination Forcing Orthodox Jewish Community Underground

AIRMONT, N.Y., Dec. 11, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, First Liberty Institute and the international law firm Norton Rose Fulbright filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of several residents, including...
November 29, 2018 11:12 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Lawsuit Alleges Village of Airmont, NY Continuing its Long History of Discrimination Against Orthodox Jewish Community

AIRMONT, N.Y., Nov. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Late yesterday, First Liberty Institute and Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of an Orthodox Jewish day school,...
November 02, 2018 18:10 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Constitutionality of Bladensburg World War I Veterans Memorial

Attorneys with First Liberty Institute represent The American Legion in defense of “grave stone” to 49-men from Prince George’s County, Maryland WASHINGTON, Nov. 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today,...
October 22, 2018 10:48 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Oregon Bakers Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Free Speech

First Liberty attorneys file appeal seeking review of Oregon’s decision to compel the speech of Aaron and Melissa Klein, forcing them out of business WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --...
October 06, 2018 16:37 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Religious Liberty Expert Kelly Shackelford Statement on the U.S. Senate’s Confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, Oct. 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Late this afternoon the United States Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. The following...