This is a dark and foreboding day for Europe, with dire implications for free speech around the world.

Attorneys with First Liberty Institute and Jones Day filed a motion for preliminary injunction on behalf of The Mission Church and The Christian & Jewish Alliance, an interfaith organization in the San Diego area, seeking protection from hostile agitators affiliated with Code Pink who have disrupted several worship services.

First Liberty Institute and the law firm Sturgill Turner filed a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) against local Louisville coffee shop chain, Heine Brothers, on behalf of former employee and current college student, Paige Rogers.

Today, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of the United States granted a victory to Gabriel Olivier allowing him to go back to trial in the district court to make his case that an ordinance in Brandon, MS unconstitutionally prevents him from sharing his Christian faith near a public amphitheater.

Gabriel Olivier was banned from sharing his faith in a public park. When he challenged the local ordinance, he was denied his day in court.

Exploring the constitutional balance of religion and government in the United States’ history and law.

First Liberty Institute announced today that the KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary School in Nashville, TN has agreed to clear the record of teacher Eric Rivera after previously issuing a “final warning letter” and removing him from his first grade teaching position when he refused to read a book to his first graders that promotes same-sex marriage despite having another...

First Liberty Institute sent a letter to officials at the KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary School in Nashville, TN on behalf of Eric Rivera, a former first grade teacher, demanding that the school clear his record and adopt policies that ensure teachers are accommodated after he was reassigned for refusing to read two books to first graders that promote same-sex...

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a decision reversing a preliminary injunction against Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law.  The following statement may be attributed to Kelly Shackelford, President, CEO, and Chief Counsel for First Liberty Institute:

First Liberty Institute sent a letter to officials at the KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary School in Nashville, TN on behalf of Eric Rivera, a former first grade teacher, demanding that the school clear his record and adopt policies that ensure teachers are accommodated after he was reassigned for refusing to read two books to first graders that promote same-sex...