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… What You Need to Know About the Supreme Court’s Foster Care Case Read about Sharonell Fulton, the foster mom at the center of the Supreme Court case Fulton v. City of … operates consistently with the teachings of the Catholic Church—which means it cannot place foster children with …

… Bronx Church’s 20-Year Legal Battle Led to Freedom for New Yorkers … out with friends in the backyard of Bob Hall, a pastor at Bronx Household of Faith. Pastor Hall and the rest of the … Defending Freedom asked the Supreme Court to hear the case later that year, but the Court declined, allowing the …

… Washington State Wants to Force This Church to Pay for Abortions As a result of a Washington state … , allowing bars, casinos, and even theme parks to operate at much higher capacities than worship services. But long … That’s why Cedar Park challenged the law in federal court. Case timeline March 2019 : Cedar Park challenged …

… a beneficial societal institution. Whenever I litigate a case about church tax exemption or Pulpit Freedom Sunday, the … worth of one church. The study estimated that the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia provided over six million … exempt from the very first time the tax code was passed at the federal level, and have remained exempt in every …

… and Cannabis Retailers Washington State treated Christ’s Church of Mt. Spokane and Westgate Chapel differently than … the COVID-19 pandemic, some took their authority too far. At times, government officials quickly course-corrected after … retailers as “essential.” Let’s take a closer look at this case. What are Christ's Church of Mt. Spokane and Westgate …

… serves as legal counsel of Blackstone Alumni Relations at Alliance Defending Freedom overseeing alumni of the Blackstone Legal Fellowship. Prior to that role, she served as legal counsel … and a degree in international marketing from Grove City College. She is a Blackstone Fellow and served as an …

… Attached: Why the Government Shouldn’t Tax Churches Church tax exemptions protect our First Amendment freedoms by … government, but as the U.S. Supreme Court said in the 1819 case McCulloch v. Maryland , “the power to tax involves the … tax-exempt since the first time the tax code was passed at the federal level, and they have remained that way ever …

… to litigate their cases. For example, in ACLU of Illinois v. Alvarez (2012), the ACLU, under the direction of one of … As the 7th Circuit noted, “Faced with so obvious a test case, the district court proceeded with some skepticism.” But … the so-called “Reproductive FACT Act,” which was aimed at compelling pro-life pregnancy centers to express messages …

… Rebecca Eggleston serves as executive vice president at Alliance Defending Freedom and is a member of the … of professional development for the Blackstone Legal Fellowship. Prior to returning to ADF in 2020, Eggleston was … of ADF’s religious liberty cases, including Town of Greece v. Galloway . Eggleston received her J.D. with honors from …

… Team. In that role, he represents ADF clients primarily at the appellate level and specializes in litigation before … v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. … of Justice in 2006. Gray completed ADF’s Blackstone Legal Fellowship and was commissioned as a Blackstone Fellow in …