First Liberty Institute
CVS employee fired for refusing to sell birth control sues, claiming discrimination
By Fiona André — January 31, 2024
(RNS) — Gunna Kristofersdottir joins three other former CVS nurses who sued the company for religious discrimination after being fired for similar reasons.
ACLU files suit against DC transit agency over refusal to display religious group’s ads
By Fiona André — December 13, 2023
(RNS) — The ACLU said the agency’s advertisement policy discriminated against certain opinions and violated the First Amendment.
An Arizona school board member was told to stop quoting the Bible. Now she’s suing.
By Kathryn Post — October 2, 2023
(RNS) — Heather Rooks, a Christian who attends a large nondenominational church, says her First Amendment rights to free speech and free exercise of religion have been violated.
Abortion pill order latest contentious ruling by Texas judge
By Alanna Durkin Richer and Lindsay Whitehurst — April 10, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, on Friday ordered a hold on federal approval of mifepristone in a decision that overruled decades of scientific approval.
Texas judge in abortion pill case is a conservative favorite
By Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer — March 17, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk is a former attorney for a Christian legal group and was appointed by President Donald Trump.
Some Muslims, Jews welcome court ruling allowing football coach to pray
By Yonat Shimron — July 8, 2022
(RNS) — Some minority faith leaders are wondering if government neutrality on religion is such a good thing.
Supreme Court asked to review North Carolina county prayer ruling
By Jerome Socolovsky — October 13, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lower court ruled that county commissioners' practice of leading the prayers themselves and inviting the audience to join, always in the Christian faith, violated the First Amendment by establishing Christianity as a preferred religion.
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