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LAURA HERNANDEZ, ACLJ Last week, the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) filed an amicus brief with the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Carson...

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL SAN FRANCISCO, CA – On the sixth day of the civil trial of Planned Parenthood v. The Center for Medical Progress (CMP), the...

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL SAN FRANCISCO, CA – On the fifth day of the civil trial of Planned Parenthood v. The Center for Medical Progress (CMP), Planned...

OLIVIA SUMMERS, ACLJ Recently, a federal court judge in the Eastern District of Virginia handed down a mixed ruling in the Falls Church Medical Center, LLC...

That's an Assault on the Constitution HANS VON SPAKOVSKY, HERITAGE FOUNDATION The propaganda, surveillance, and censorship of Big Brother in George Orwell’s novel “1984” has now...

WALTER OLSON, CATO INSTITUTE Last night, at a CNN candidate forum on gay rights, CNN's Don Lemon asked Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke: "religious institutions like...

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL The civil trial is now in the second week in the San Francisco Federal Courthouse, as Liberty Counsel defends Sandra Merritt against...

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL TAMPA, FL – Today, federal Judge William F. Jung issued an order granting summary judgment to Liberty Counsel in its suit to invalidate...

ERICH PRATT, GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA Last week, Gun Owners of America filed an important amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit, defending standard capacity magazines in the Duncan...

The city holds cars ransom until innocent people pay for others' crimes ANDREW WIMER, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE CHICAGO—Two more Chicago area residents joined a lawsuit filed...

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL LANSING, MI -- A federal court ruled that faith-based foster and adoption agencies in Michigan cannot be forced to close because they will...

JORDAN SEKULOW, ACLJ We told you about the reports that fired FBI Director James Comey had planted spies in the White House. And we told...

LIBERTY COUNSEL SAN FRANCISCO, CA – The two-week preliminary criminal hearing began yesterday in the San Francisco Superior Court as Sandra Merritt defends against 15...

LIBERTY ALERTS, LIBERTY COUNSEL SAN FRANCISCO, CA – A federal court in San Francisco has issued a mixed ruling by dismissing some of Planned Parenthood’s...

LIBERTY ALERT, LIBERTY COUNSEL WASHINGTON, D.C. – Liberty Counsel filed two amicus briefs in support of employers in three Supreme Court cases regarding whether federal anti-discrimination laws should...

JAY SCHWEIKERT, CATO INSTITUTE In the last week, the Fifth and the Eighth Circuits, sitting en banc, have each issued major, fractured decisions on the...

JORDAN SEKULOW, ACLJ At the ACLJ, we are committed to defending life and that includes the life of the unborn. Recently, there were two important victories...

LIBERTY COUNSEL WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Planned Parenthood has refused to comply with President Trump’s Protect Life Rule and officially withdrew yesterday from the Title X Family Planning...

Legislature passed bill without supermajority required for revenue-raising bills ANDREW WIMER, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE Las Vegas, Nev.—As Nevada students return to classrooms this week, some will...

JORDAN SEKULOW, ACLJ It’s stunning to think a state university would allow an anti-Israel, anti-Semitic conference. But it’s unconscionable that it would use tax dollars to...

HARRY G. HUTCHISON, ACLJ Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe recently offered a stunningly false claim regarding abortion. He stated: White Supremacists oppose abortion because they fear it’ll...

Laura Beltz, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) Chances are you’ve posted or sent something online that someone, somewhere, could consider “annoying.” Although a...

LIBERTY COUNSEL WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Trump administration has proposed a rule which protects faith-based organizations that contract with the federal government by allowing them to make...

JORDAN SEKULOW, ACLJ Earlier this year, the Trump Administration dealt a painful blow to Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses through a new rule blocking millions from...

After a house guest was arrested, Granite City, Ill. police are now trying to evict everyone in the home: An innocent family with three...

LIBERTY COUNSEL NASHVILLE, TN – The Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimonies this week for an amendment to a bill that would affirm that life begins at...

JOHN A. SPARKS, THE INSTITUTE FOR FAITH & FREEDOM A large cross erected in 1925 by Gold Star mothers in honor of their 49 fallen...

Laura Beltz, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education What’s the most common type of speech code in FIRE’s Spotlight database? The answer might surprise you. It’s...

Health Coach Plans to Appeal Decision to 11th Circuit Court of Appeals MATT POWERS, INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE Pensacola, Fl.—In a blow to entrepreneurs across the Sunshine...

JORDAN SEKULOW, ACLJ For over two decades the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) has been at the forefront of advancing and defending the...