The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution begins with what George Will once called the five most beautiful words in the English language: Congress shall make no law.

First Liberty Institute sent a letter to the City of Columbus demanding local resident James Anthony be allowed to share his life-affirming messages to women near the Columbus Women’s Health Organization after being told “you can’t say these things” by local police.

The following statement regarding “Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer and Religious Expression in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools” issued by the Trump Administration may be attributed to Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel for First Liberty Institute: We thank President Trump for his strong efforts to protect America’s first freedom—religious freedom. These revisions to the Guidelines on Prayer and Religious...

The Religious Liberty Commission will hold its fifth hearing to discuss religious liberty issues related to anti-Semitism, as well as religious liberty issues in the private sector.

First Liberty Institute Senior Research Fellow, Director of Religious Liberty in the States, and Regent University Professor Mark David Hall, along with Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, Director of the Conscience Project, recently published an article in the William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal detailing the constitutionality of the Ten Commandments in the history and tradition of the United States.

Nekima Levy Armstrong is facing charges related to violating the FACE Act, which prohibits interfering with the exercise of religion at a place of worship.

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument regarding the constitutionality of laws in Louisiana and Texas that require the posting of the Ten Commandments in schools.

Today, a dedication ceremony was held as a permanent monument of the Ten Commandments was placed on the grounds of the historic, 1895 Tarrant County Courthouse.

Atlantic City, NJ— Today, First Liberty Institute and the Harvard Law School Religious Freedom Clinic announced that Alexander Smith reached a favorable settlement with the City of Atlantic City securing his right to wear a beard on duty as an expression of his faith.

With a successful 2025 now in the books, we are looking ahead to the New Year. The stakes have never been higher.