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As a business owner, have you ever been subjected to an investigation by the civil rights commission in your state as a result of an unfounded complaint of religious discrimination? If so, you are not alone. While civil rights laws protect employees from unequal treatment, including discrimination, they can sometimes be applied in an overzealous manner to impinge upon the rights of a private business owner. We recently represented a private business owner who found himself in this precise... read more
Just yesterday, the fight to protect the sanctity of life gained an important victory when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) canceled a contract that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had with Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc. (ABR), a fetal tissue procurement organization that has been referred for criminal investigation . The ACLJ had just launched a major advocacy campaign calling for the end of taxpayer funding for the sale of aborted babies body parts; and after... read more
Can the government force you to speak a message that contradicts what you believe as a moral and religious matter? Thanks to more than half-a-century of Supreme Court decisions, the answer to that question is no . The Court has stated time and time again that “freedom of speech prohibits the government from telling people what they must say.” Can the government force a pro-life pregnancy counseling center to advertise a state-run program that offers free or low-cost abortions? Thanks to the... read more
In a victory for Israel and for American tax payers, President Trump is reportedly poised to end all U.S. funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), a unique U.N. agency that has kept the Israeli-Palestinian conflict alive since 1948. The Administration is reportedly preparing to cut all U.S. funds to U.N. programs that aid so-called Palestinian “refugees” in response to the fraudulent reporting of the number of Palestinian “refugees” and the total... read more
Religious liberty is still under attack here in America. Last week, the ACLJ stepped in to ensure that a church in Montana would be able to open its doors and worship at its new location. The church contacted the ACLJ earlier this month after it was informed by the city zoning department that it would never be able to occupy the building provided to the church by a donor. The church was already in the process of moving from its old location when they were notified and had nowhere to go. read more
On Friday, July 20 th , a rising junior at Stanford University with a documented history of making anti-Israel and anti-Semitic statements on social media posted an expletive-laced tirade on Facebook directly threatening physical violence against fellow students and community members at Stanford who might dare to disagree with his views: Incredibly enough, this student was set to be a Resident Advisor (RA) at one of the Stanford dormitories. An RA is responsible for the wellbeing of other... read more
Today, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision upholding the constitutionality of President Trump’s national security Proclamation that imposed immigration restrictions on nationals from certain countries that failed to comply with necessary security criteria. The decision by the Supreme Court reflects what we have argued from the very start – the Proclamation is squarely within the scope of Presidential authority and represents a tremendous victory in ongoing efforts to defend and protect... read more
The Supreme Court of the United States today upheld President Trump’s National Security Proclamation and reversed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal’s contrary decision. The Proclamation, issued this past September, fulfilled the promise of President Trump’s March 6, 2017 National Security Executive Order. The March 6th Order, among other things, called for a global review by the Secretary of Homeland Security of nearly 200 countries to determine whether they provide sufficient information about... read more
Today’s 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court in NIFLA v. Becerra is a tremendous victory for life and free speech. It decision reverses a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit – concluding that the challengers are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the California Reproductive FACT Act violates the First Amendment. This is a significant victory for pro-life pregnancy centers and the decision represents a tremendous victory for the First Amendment. This... read more
Within just days of one victory in a National Motto case , another federal appellate court dismissed a similar lawsuit brought by a Satanist. The self-proclaimed “Satanist,” Kenneth Mayle, had sued the United States government, claiming that the National Motto – “In God We Trust” – on currency violates his constitutional rights under the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses. Specifically, Mayle claimed that, in holding and using currency, he is compelled to proclaim the “existence of” and... read more