Merrill Matthews, Ph.D., is a resident scholar with the Institute for Policy Innovation, a research-based, public policy “think tank.” He is a health policy expert and weekly contributor at Forbes.co...

Lathan Watts is Vice President of Public Affairs for Alliance Defending Freedom, the world’s largest non-profit legal organization. ADF is dedicated to defending religious freedom, freedom of speech,...

Lathan Watts is Vice President of Public Affairs for Alliance Defending Freedom, the world’s largest non-profit legal organization. ADF is dedicated to defending religious freedom, freedom of speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and parental rights.

Jordan Lorence is Senior Counsel in FLI’s Washington, D.C. office, where he represents First Liberty in strategic efforts promoting religious liberty, and works on important First Amendment projects a...

Jordan Lorence is Senior Counsel in FLI’s Washington, D.C. office, where he represents First Liberty in strategic efforts promoting religious liberty, and works on important First Amendment projects and litigation, including those at the U.S. Supreme Court. Lorence has a long career of litigating religious liberty cases since 1984. He has worked for many public interest law firms, including Alliance Defending Freedom, Home School Legal Defense Association, the North Star Legal Center and Concerned Women for America. He speaks extensively on First Amendment and other legal issues. Lorence has spoken at least 75 law schools and many legal conferences. Prominent publications such as the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and others have printed his opinion pieces on key legal issues involving religious liberty and freedom of speech. He has appeared on such media outlets as Fox News, CNN, National Public Radio, NBC’s Today Show, BBC radio and many others. Lorence and his wife Marilyn have been married 40 years. They live in the Washington, D.C. area where they raised their seven children.