Religious Liberty
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September 12th, 2025
President Trump Recognizes Two First Liberty Clients at Religious Liberty Commission
President Trump Recognizes Two First Liberty Clients at Religious Liberty Commission.
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September 12th, 2025
District Court Orders States of New York to Pay Over 7,000 in Attorneys’ Fees in Religious Liberty Case
The United States District Court for the Western District of New York ordered the State of New York to pay over $817,000 in attorneys’ fees to His Tabernacle Family Church (“His Tabernacle”), a nondenominational church in Horseheads, New York.
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August 25th, 2025
We Don’t Want a Theocracy
A defense of religious freedom and a critique of theocracy in modern governance.
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August 22nd, 2025
Blocking Ten Commandments Law
Today, the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas-San Antonio division issued a decision blocking Texas’s Ten Commandments law.  The following statement may be attributed to Matt Krause, Of Counsel for First Liberty Institute. We are extremely disappointed federal courts continue to defy Supreme Court precedent by striking down constitutional statutes that require the posting of the...
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August 22nd, 2025
Bible Verse on Parking Space
Today, First Liberty Institute and the law firms Mayer Brown LLP and Ganguly Brothers Misula PLLC announced that the Grand Island Central School District will allow Sabrina Steffans to design her parking space with her original submission that included a Bible verse and religious images.
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August 15th, 2025
Judge Rules Against Little Sisters of the Poor
The Trump administration updated HHS rules in 2017 to create an exemption for employers that held religious or moral objections to the contraception mandate.
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August 15th, 2025
Ending the Johnson Amendment
First Liberty Institute filed a friend-of-the-court brief at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on behalf of Grace Church St. Louis (MO) and New Way Church (FL) in support of a joint motion for the entry of a consent judgement approving the Internal Revenue Service’s (“IRS”) agreement that churches and religious organizations will no longer...
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August 15th, 2025
God’s Name and Bible Verse are Offensive
Behind each lawsuit, there is a person of faith who felt a conviction to say, “I will fight.” They are the everyday heroes without a cape.
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July 31st, 2025
Religious Liberty in The Federal Workplace
The Trump administration seeks to protect religious liberty in the federal workplace
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July 31st, 2025
Fellowship of Christian Athletes Posters
First Liberty Institute and attorney Mark Lamb with Carney Badley Spellman PS announced today that the Central Kitsap School District in Silverdale, WA, rejected all allegations of discriminatory conduct against the faculty-sponsor of the school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes (“FCA”) club when a fellow teacher complained about religious themes in posters promoting FCA meetings.
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