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...
9th Circuit Upholds Regulation Defunding Planned Parenthood
In a major blow to Planned Parenthood, the full United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the “Protect Life” federal regulations. Issuing a lengthy 7-4 decision , the court vacated injunctions issued against the regulations by three leftist district courts last year. As we...
We File Major Religious Liberties Brief at the Supreme Court
This week, the ACLJ filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court, urging the Court to reverse two decisions from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that severely diminished the religious liberty of churches and religious schools. The two cases, Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Agnes...
Court Holds ObamaCare’s Individual Mandate Unconstitutional
Recently, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that ObamaCare’s individual mandate is unconstitutional. As we explained earlier , the individual mandate required millions of Americans to buy and indefinitely maintain health insurance or face annual penalties. The Supreme...
