Government Accountability Project Updates from the Frontlines
The ACLJ remains fully engaged in our work to ensure government accountability, and this includes our state and federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) practice. While government agencies are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and much of FOIA processing has been placed on hold until things...
Radio Recap – The Economic Impact of the Pandemic
The economic stimulus goes live today. On today’s Jay Sekulow Live we discussed the economic impact on the American people. Obviously today with the economic numbers out we wanted to get into some of those details. We’ve got nearly ten million Americans who have filed for unemployment in the last...
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Helping Free a Wrongfully Imprisoned Christian in Pakistan
We recently obtained another victory for a Christian family facing persecution in Pakistan. Our team on the ground – through our international affiliate, the European Centre for Law and Justice’s (ECLJ) office in Pakistan, the Organization for Legal Aid (OLA) – represented Shahbaz Masih, a...
Fight to Defend Life Continues Through Time of Crisis
Even with the nation and the world hunkering down and sheltering in place to escape a global pandemic, our pro-life work at the ACLJ continues amid the crisis. Just as the forces that devalue life in its most defenseless stages are taking no rest from their destructive work, neither can we stop...
Planned Parenthood Going Rogue in Numerous States
Recently, we exposed how states like Massachusetts are mandating that abortions remain available as an essential medical service despite the ongoing COVID-19 emergency, to the delight of Planned Parenthood. However, we are pleased to report that Ohio , Texas , Louisiana , Mississippi , and Maryland...
5th Circuit Temporarily Upholds Abortion Ban - ACLJ Files 2 Briefs
Despite orders to cease elective medical procedures in order to focus all resources on battling the current Coronavirus crisis, the Texas abortion lobby wants the Lone Star State to continue killing babies. In breaking news, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals just stepped in and temporarily halted...
ACLJ to File Brief Urging Supreme Court to Hear Pro-Life Case
Next month, the ACLJ will be filing a friend-of-the-court brief at the Supreme Court in an important case involving the states’ prerogative to defund Planned Parenthood. If the high Court decides to hear the case – Baker v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic – the decision could have a dramatic...
During COVID-19 Pandemic, Planned Parenthood Expanding Abortion
Even in the face of a global pandemic, where thousands of lives have been lost and hundreds of thousands have been infected, Planned Parenthood only cares about one thing: the right to kill innocent babies. And while the focus should be on the treatment and prevention of COVID-19, aka the...
Abortion Funding in Coronavirus Bill Defeated
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and the radical pro-abortion Left tried to slip a BILLION dollars in taxpayer funding for abortions right under everyone’s noses. Fortunately, this time they got caught. We mobilized quickly last week, and the horrific language was removed before the bill was voted...
Chief Justice Roberts Blasts Sen. Schumer for “Threatening” Supreme Court Justices
In an exceedingly rare – and well deserved – public reprimand, Chief Justice Roberts blasted Senator Schumer for “threatening” conservative Supreme Court Justices over an abortion case when Sen. Schumer said the Justices “won’t know what hit you” and “will pay the price.” Senate Minority Leader...
Celebrating 10 Years for Office Defending Pakistan's Christians
The ACLJ’s affiliate office in Pakistan recently celebrated its 10th anniversary defending religious freedom with clients, supporters, and staff. As you know, our European counterpart, the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ), has an affiliated office in Pakistan, the Organization for Legal...
Members of Congress Call for Release of Pastor Bryan Nerren
Members of Congress have just sent a critical letter to the foreign secretary of India calling for the immediate release of our client, American Pastor Bryan Nerren. Pastor Nerren is a U.S. Pastor from Tennessee who has been ministering in Nepal and India for almost two decades, training Sunday...
ACLJ Delivers Critical Oral Intervention for Pastor John Cao
As we told you last week , Christian Pastor John Cao – a U.S. permanent resident from North Carolina – just marked a sad anniversary: his third year as a prisoner in China. We appeared before the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) urging the world’s leaders to take action to set him free. Pastor Cao...
Pastor Cao Marks Third Year in Chinese Prison
A single day behind bars for being a Christian is one day too many. Christian Pastor John Cao – a U.S. permanent resident – has now been a prisoner in China for THREE YEARS. And now he faces a potential new threat to his safety. Pastor Cao spent decades serving the impoverished of China and Burma...