Nurse Practitioner Sues CVS for Revoking Longstanding Religious Accommodation for Prescribing Contraception First Liberty Institute files federal lawsuit claiming religious discrimination Washington, DC

First Liberty is closing out 2022 on a high note, and we’re looking ahead to making next year another historic year for religious liberty in America. We have tremendous opportunities in front of us as the New Year starts—and we’re counting on your support to deliver victory in several major cases.

Today, First Liberty Institute filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”) on behalf of Stephanie Carter, a nurse practitioner at the Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Center in Temple, Texas, challenging the VA’s failure to comply with federal law.

On Monday, the Justices heard oral arguments in a case centering on a web designer who has religious objections to making websites for same-sex couples.

by: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – December 2, 2022 Jack Phillips, the Colorado baker who declined to make custom cakes for gay weddings, won at the Supreme Court in 2018, but that was a limited decision based on the animus of the state Civil Rights Commission. A factor that made a broader ruling complicated was whether Mr. Phillips’s cake...

First Liberty is feeling extra thankful this season. 2022 has been a remarkably successful year in the fight to restore and protect our constitutional freedoms. From coast to coast, Americans are reaping a harvest of religious liberty.

In June, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of Joe Kennedy.

First Liberty recently asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a state court decision that effectively forced the Kleins to shut down their family bakery, Sweet Cakes by Melissa.

L. Hafer of the Pittsburgh Daily Post paid a visit way back on June 9, 1847, to Mercy Hospital, the Catholic hospital begun by the Sisters of Mercy, a religious congregation founded in Ireland.

The University of Michigan Health System fired Valerie Kloosterman, a physician assistant, because of her religious beliefs.