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WASHINGTON, Sept. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following statement may be attributed to Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel to First Liberty Institute: “There are few issues of...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to express concern over a series of recent incidents in the U.S. military that...

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...

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following statement may be attributed to Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel to First Liberty Institute: “The discrimination that...

Religious liberty law firm asks Congress to guard against a possible ‘swarm of lawsuits blaming’ America’s churches, synagogues, and houses of worship  WASHINGTON, DC, May 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)...

Walker’s recent ruling in Louisville, Kentucky drive-in church case was first judicial ruling protecting religious liberty during pandemic WASHINGTON, May 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Religious...

WASHINGTON, April 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute responded today to the U.S. Justice Department’s defense of religious liberty during the Covid-19 pandemic.  First Liberty...

LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute and network attorneys with both WilmerHale and Swansburg & Smith, PLLC, today filed for a temporary restraining order...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, the Supreme Court of the United States announced that it has vacated a decision by the Puerto Rico Supreme Court that overrides the long-standing...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- First Liberty Institute President and Chief Counsel Kelly Shackelford, along with First Liberty clients Hannah Allen and Coach Joe Kennedy, joined...