The Constitution
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September 19th, 2025
Bondi Needs Free Speech Tutorial
By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – September 16, 2025 The Attorney General seems to think ‘hate speech’ is illegal. Charlie Kirk knew better. Discussing Kirk’s work on college campuses, Ms. Bondi mentioned the “disgusting” antisemitism on display at many universities, and so far so good. But wait. “There’s free speech and then there’s hate speech, and there is no...
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September 4th, 2025
Trump, Cook, and the Federal Reserve
By: Phil Gramm and Jeb Hensarling – wsj.com – September 3, 2025 The central bank differs from other agencies in that the power to coin money belongs to Congress. The Constitution gives Congress the power to coin money and regulate its value. Congress, in fulfilling that delegated responsibility, created the Federal Reserve. In carrying out narrowly defined monetary policy, the Fed isn’t...
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August 29th, 2025
A Census Recount
President Trump has proposed a new census that would not count undocumented people, which has been met with criticism from Democrats and the media, but there were also issues with the 2020 census t…
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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 19th, 2025
Left Can’t Win Without New Constitution
After President Trump won the Electoral College and the popular vote in the 2024 election, a New York Times op-ed says that Democrats must change the rules to win. The piece is titled: “Abolish the Senate.” “End the Electoral College.” “Pack the Court.” The subhead reads: “Why the left can’t win without a new Constitution.”
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August 12th, 2025
Who Will Protect American Speech
The European Union’s Digital Services Act is a heavy-handed power play designed to silence dissenting voices from the global digital dialogue.
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July 25th, 2025
South Carolina Religious Signs on Sidewalk
First Liberty Institute filed a federal lawsuit and motion for preliminary injunction against the Town of Chapin, South Carolina on behalf of local resident Ernest Giardino after he was told a permit was required to hold a sign and share his faith on a public right of way.
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July 25th, 2025
Prayer, Football Games, and Lots of amicus briefs
More than 20 Friend-of-the-Court Briefs Urge Supreme Court to Overturn Santa Fe v. Doe In a show of overwhelming support at the Supreme Court of the United States, First Liberty Institute’s petition in Cambridge Christian School v. FHSAA, filed alongside attorneys from Bois Schiller Flexner LLP, Winston and Strawn, and Jones Day, received more than twenty friend-of-the-court briefs.  The briefs,...
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July 16th, 2025
Federal Workforce Reductions
Fresh from the Independence Day weekend, the U.S. Supreme Court is handing President Donald Trump another victory, backing his administration in downsizing the
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