3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (208+ words) Accommodation Request to Observe Sabbath Obligations The Department of Agriculture reversed previous denial and granted accommodation after letter from First Liberty. Glenwood Springs, CO—Today, First Liberty Institute and the law firm Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP announced that the U.S....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1676+ words) Christian Physician Assistant’s Victory is a Win for All Medical Professionals by Jorge Gomez, Director of Content Strategy We recently reached a favorable resolution with Valerie’s former employer, University of Michigan Health-West. Her stellar record as a medical professional is…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (737+ words) by First Liberty Institute Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island recently reintroduced a bill that would end life tenure for U.S. Supreme Court justices. The legislation would limit each justice’s tenure to 18 years and give the President the power to select…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (317+ words) by Jorge Gomez, Director of Content Strategy After being fired over her religious beliefs, physician assistant Valerie Kloosterman can finally look forward to starting a new chapter in life. Valerie worked at University of Michigan Health-West for 17 years and had…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (534+ words) by Jacqueline Isaacs, Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy Fellow Hundreds of thousands of people have moved to Tennessee over the past decade, including my family. People come to the Volunteer State for many reasons, but its commitment to individual liberty…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (697+ words) by Daniel Darling, Director of The Land Center for Cultural Engagement at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary • 3 minutes Ronald Reagan famously said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1705+ words) Will Connecticut Allow Religious Displays at the State Capitol? In Connecticut, private religious displays are banned from the state Capitol. Last December, Family Institute of Connecticut requested to display a small Nativity scene on a table inside the Capitol building....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (474+ words) by Amelia Metz, Executive Director of External Affairs & Senior Counsel • 2 minutes There is something deeply satisfying when a story comes full circle. More than two decades ago, a young law student intern, Nathaniel Moran, walked through our doors eager to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (528+ words) by Amelia Metz, First Liberty Institute • 2 minutes As states move to restore voluntary prayer, religious expression and the Ten Commandments in public schools, a new Pew Research Center survey suggests these efforts have broad public support. The survey of nearly…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (170+ words) en Commandments Monument at the Arkansas Capitol Must Come Down District Court Order distorts Supreme Court precedent establishing that displays of the Ten Commandments are constitutional. In 2015 the Arkansas State Legislature authorized the placement of the monument on the Capitol…...