Jackson County Indiana Courthouse Nativity scene case heads to appeals to defend free speech
Liberty Counsel filed an appeal today to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals refuting the opinion by an Indiana federal judge who ruled against the Nativity scene display at the Jackson County Courthouse. Liberty Counsel represents More...
President Trump signs executive order to enforce social media platform vs publisher rules
In the wake of Twitter adding editorial remarks to President Trump tweets, he signed an executive order yesterday for government agencies to enforce speech protections across the Internet. Section 230 is a signature More...
Illinois Gov Pritzker sued by Romanian churches for assembly ban, worship discrimination
Two Romanian churches filed an appeal of their federal lawsuit against Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker for his unconstitutional executive orders discriminating against churches by restricting in-person worship services More...
Atheist, Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim groups join to ask SCOTUS to rule on college student free speech case
An ideologically diverse array of groups submitted friend-of-the-court briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court this week that ask it to take a case filed by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys on behalf of two former More...
Chicago pro-life billboard vandalized, making it ‘more hard hitting’
A vandalized pro-life billboard in Chicago has been raising awareness across the Internet, social media as Eric J. Scheidler, executive director of the Pro-Life Action League shared a photo of the defaced image More...
Court rules Lehigh County seal with cross can stay, doesn’t violate the first amendment
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the official seal of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania can remain on government property, despite efforts from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) to have it More...
Supreme Court defends offensive trademark, protecting Redskins and other logos
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court on Monday sided with a Los Angeles designer who sought to trademark “FUCT” for his clothing line but was blocked by a federal law prohibiting registration of “immoral More...
Supreme Court rejects ‘In God We Trust’ case to remove phrase from US money
The Supreme Court announced yesterday it will not take up a legal dispute by atheist groups which sought to remove the words “In God We Trust” from U.S. currency. Michael Newdow, an activist who filed More...
SCOTUS asked to review Chicago’s abortion clinic ‘bubble zone’ blocking pro-life protests
The challenge to the Chicago law creating a “bubble zone” around abortion clinics moves on to the United States Supreme Court with a June 7, 2019, docketing of a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in Veronica More...
Ohio: Catholic school, The Lyceum exempted from city ordinance forcing social justice practices
After months of refusing to say whether an ordinance would force a Catholic classical school to operate contrary to its religious beliefs in employment, admissions, and other policies, the city of South Euclid, More...
California Supreme Court allows ‘unconstitutional harassment’ of David Daleiden in Planned Parenthood whistleblower cast
The California Supreme Court has denied David Daleiden’s petition to halt criminal prosecution against him. Daleiden is the undercover journalist whose videos allegedly reveal the involvement of abortion industry More...
Muslim Advocates’ Madihha Ahussain praises Facebook for the censorship of ‘hate actors’ Laura Loomer, Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos
The following is a statement from Madihha Ahussain, Muslim Advocates’ special counsel for anti-Muslim bigotry, on Facebook’s announcement that it will remove certain hate actors including Laura Loomer, Alex More...
CNN sues White House over Jim Acosta’s press pass, violates First Amendment and due process
CNN has filed a lawsuit against The White House, specifically President Donald J. Trump, Trump’s chief of staff John F. Kelly, Trump’s comms director William (Bill) Shine, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee More...
Abortion laws: Alabama votes to protect ‘the rights of unborn children’, West Virginia ends ‘right to abortion’
Voters in Alabama and West Virginia approved sweeping amendments to state constitutions that could put major limitations on access to abortions. Alabama’s amendment makes it state policy to protect “the More...
Mississippi Gov Phil Bryant attacked over message ‘to make again this One Nation, Under God’
FFRF is denouncing Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant for promoting two religious events. A concerned local FFRF member reported that while acting in his official capacity as governor, Bryant recorded a promotional More...
City of Boston sued over censoring Christian flag on Constitution Day
Liberty Counsel filed a lawsuit today against the city of Boston and one of its officials for censoring the Christian flag of Boston resident Hal Shurtleff and his Christian civic organization, Camp Constitution. The More...
Liberty Counsel sues Florida counties over ban on counseling minors on sexual attraction, gender confusion
Liberty Counsel has filed suit in federal court against the City of Boca Raton and Palm Beach County for their adoption of City Ordinance 5407 and County Ordinance 2017-046, which prohibit minors in Boca Raton More...
CUNY law students protest Josh Blackman as a ‘racist’ yelling ‘F’ the law’
Students at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law school heckled, protested and attempted to ridicule South Texas College of Law Houston (STCL) professor Josh Blackman, invited by CUNY’s Federalist More...
Judge rules Atlanta firing Kelvin Cochran was unconstitutional
A federal district court ruled Wednesday that city of Atlanta rules which led to the termination of Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran are unconstitutional. The court found that the city’s policies restricting non-work More...
Freedom From Religion atheist group attacks Trump, religious right with Christmas ad: ‘This is war’
With a loud and resounding voice, the atheists proclaim that “This is War” in their new ad campaign: The nation’s largest association of atheists and agnostics is gifting President Trump a lump of More...
