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… arguments. This means the advocate must select the most important points to emphasize in the limited time at oral … Colorado Civil Rights Commission at the Supreme Court in 2017, Kristen Waggoner (now ADF's CEO, president, and general … will be arguing in the Lawyers’ Lounge and explains the details for the morning’s hearing. The Clerk escorts the …

… Defending Freedom Published May 27, 2022 Revised January 12, 2024 For Emily Mais, a former assistant principal in … Public Schools in Virginia, the early days of returning to school during the COVID-19 pandemic were overwhelming. … policies and mandatory teacher trainings based on critical race theory  (CRT), with the stated goal of …

… Court Rules Professor Can’t Be Forced to Endorse an Ideology Against His Beliefs Dr. Nicholas … finds himself involved in a very different kind of debate—on the opposite side of the courtroom from his university, … So, Dr. Meriwether offered a compromise: he would refer to this student by a first or last name only. That way, he would …

… stories stemming from our nation’s top law schools seem to have more to do with stifling speech than encouraging it. … because First Amendment principles hold a tenuous position on these campuses that a new rule from the American Bar … beliefs, they were ready to come together and discuss an important free speech case. When they arrived, they were met …

… Adoption Ministry New York government agencies tried to punish New Hope Family Services because of the adoption provider’s religious beliefs. Written by Alliance Defending Freedom … preacher. New Hope Family Services  has continued this tradition for over 50 years. New Hope is an …

… racial minorities. Unfortunately, that claim never came to fruition. Today, the SPLC spends its time attacking … In the 1980s, the SPLC began focusing its attention on the Ku Klux Klan. It created the “Klanwatch” project in … ignoring lower-profile cases that they believed were more important.   Morris Dees co-founded the Southern Poverty Law …

… Responding to a Media Smear in 303 Creative When ADF and our clients are … of speaking freely, let’s address a viral falsehood head-on. Written by Greg Scott Published July 7, 2023 Revised … challenging an unjust law. What’s more, every one of the 12 appellate judges who looked at the case agreed that Lorie …

… Freedom in State of the Union The president claims to stand for freedom, but the policies he promoted in his … forces doctors to perform gender transition procedures on any patient, including a child, in direct violation of a … and traps women in a lie that they must choose between motherhood and success in life. Laws must respect freedom and …

… Bremerton. Written by Jordan Lorence Published September 12, 2022 Revised September 19, 2022 One of the biggest obstacles to religious liberty that I have seen in my years litigating … officials that they had a constitutional duty to go on search-and-destroy missions to obliterate all things …

… (In recent years, using “they” in this manner has taken on a far different connotation for those claiming to be … ‘Yes. You are right in your identity and you're important and we're respecting you.’” The National Child … … gender … transgender … academic freedom … university … k-12 … public school … religious freedom … free speech … How …