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December 18, 2020 15:18 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Texas Appellate Court Grants New Trial in Battle Over City’s Unlawful Attempt to Skirt Due Process, Tax Laws

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Texas Third District Court of Appeals in Austin affirmed a lower court decision granting a new trial for three churches that filed a...
December 17, 2020 18:03 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Christian School Will Continue to Fight for its Religious Liberty Against Kentucky Governor’s Unlawful Shutdown of In-Person Classes at Faith-Based K-12 Schools

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute will continue to challenge any Governor Andy Beshear executive order that prohibits private religious schools in Kentucky from...
December 04, 2020 16:33 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Thirty-Eight U.S. Senators Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Right of Religious Schools in Kentucky to Meet In-Person

WASHINGTON, Dec. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, thirty-eight U.S. Senators today filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States...
November 18, 2020 11:17 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Religious Liberty Firm Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Protect Places of Worship from NY Governor Cuomo’s Order

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief in The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo, a case in which the Brooklyn Diocese has...
November 04, 2020 12:11 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Key Religious Liberty Case Involving Religious Child Placement Agencies

WASHINGTON, Nov. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Supreme Court of the United States today heard oral argument in Philadelphia v. Fulton, a case in which the Justices will decide whether religious...
September 24, 2020 12:38 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Eleventh Circuit: Jurors Might Have a Prayer

ATLANTA, Sept. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granted a request for an en banc hearing in United States of America v. Corrine Brown. ...
September 14, 2020 12:58 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Despite Reaching Agreement with FAA to Allow Chick-fil-A in Airport, City of San Antonio Now Says Franchise Not Allowed, According to First Liberty

SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following statement may be attributed to Keisha Russell, Counsel at First Liberty Institute: “We are grateful to the FAA for taking our...
June 03, 2020 12:16 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute

Plaintiff in Supreme Court’s Religious Liberty Altering Smith Decision Asks Justices to Protect Faith-Based Adoption Agencies

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...