first amendment

BY BOB BARR When it comes to identifying fake news, it is less science than alchemy; a task residing somewhere between asking “What is art?”...

ANDREW WIMER, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE Richmond, Va.—In Virginia, you can teach anyone anything—except how to earn an honest living. That’s the lesson Jon and Tracy...

LIBERTY COUNSEL BROOKLYN, NY – U.S. District Judge Carol Bagley Amon has denied an injunction sought by the New York Attorney General (OAG) against 13 pro-life Christians...

LLOYD MARCUS, THE UNHYPHENATED AMERICAN Facebook rejected this Pro-America Christian July 4th music video for “political content” https://www.reverbnation.com/q/79x2rq  My wife Mary tried to purchase a boost ad on...

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL BOSTON, MA – Liberty Counsel filed a lawsuit today against the city of Boston and one of its officials for censoring the...

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case of floral artist Barronelle Stutzman, owner of Arlene’s Flowers, back to...

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL WASHINGTON, D.C. –  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a historic case that protects the...

LIBERTY COUNSEL MONTGOMERY, AL – The Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission (JIC) has agreed to settle Liberty Counsel’s lawsuit on behalf of Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker...

LIBERTY COUNSEL WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Liberty Counsel filed an objection to a staggering subpoena from Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund (Lambda Legal), which represents...

Young student was threatened with punishment for completing book report on Bible stories LIBERTY ALERTS, ACLJ “In our system, state-operated schools may not be enclaves of...

We're not backing down SKIP ASH, ACLJ Recently, we shared that Attorney Donald G. Rehkopf and the inappropriately named Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) sent a formal complaint to Rear...

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Liberty Counsel filed an objection to a staggering subpoena from Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund (Lambda Legal), which represents...

LIBERTY COUNSEL PITTSBURGH, PA – Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief in Bruni v. Pittsburgh in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals regarding sidewalk counselors who are challenging an anti-speech...

MARSHALL GOLDMAN, ACLJ Recently, the ACLJ was contacted by a man (who asked to remain anonymous for this article) who was dealing with disturbing religious...

By Nico Perrino, The FIRE.org In 2012, a same-sex couple entered Masterpiece Cakeshop and asked its owner, Jack Phillips, to create a cake for their wedding...

SKIP ASH, ACLJ The other day I came upon an essay written by an Advisory Board Member of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), retired...

BY ALLEN WEST There are a couple of sayings that apply to this story. The first one is even a broken clock is right twice...

BY TOM DEWEESE There are many powerful forces operating today across the nation to divide the American people and silence opposing views. One of the...

JOHN SAMPLES, CATO INSTITUTE At Saturday’s Halifax International Security Forum, Eric Schmidt announced that Google will alter its search algorithm to “de-rank” results from Russia...

BY ALLEN WEST There can be no debate about the tyranny of the progressive socialist left. Free speech is defined by them as acceptable speech....

JAMES DEVEREAUX, FEE.ORG J.S. Mill was an early advocate for our current view of free speech. He wrote, “If all mankind minus one were of one opinion,...

JOHN A. SPARKS, CENTER FOR VISION & VALUES Trinity Lutheran Church is a church in Columbia, Missouri that operates a Christian preschool and daycare center...

JEREMY CADY & DAN CALDWELL, THE DAILY SIGNAL When it comes to threatening the free speech rights of American citizens, progressives have largely been the...

Thomas Jefferson Leadership In matters of Religion, I have considered that it’s free exercise is placed by the constitution independant of the powers of the...

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, LIBERTY COUNSEL WASHINGTON, DC – On Monday, January 11, 2016, Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief on behalf of Little Sisters of the...

  And the FCC’s Net Neutrality Litigation COLBY MAY, ACLJ There are two major free speech issues looming in the fight to ensure that the Internet remains...

EDWARD WHITE, ACLJ A terrorist attack took place in Garland, Texas, this week in response to a free speech conference that took issue with the...

Thanksgiving   In 1789, both houses of Congress requested that George Washington acknowledge the many favors of Almighty God with a national day of thanksgiving and...

EDWARD WHITE, ACLJ The Utah Supreme Court has upheld a trial court’s ruling in favor of our client, Pleasant Grove City, Utah, in a state-court...

CALLED UNTO LIBERTY, 17TH CENTURY SERMONS: JOHN MILTON 14 June 1643 ...ho kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God’s image; but he who destroys a...