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  • … mandate for private employers and it violates federal law and the U.S. Constitution. Alliance Defending Freedom is … authority. It’s not the role of the federal government to force private employers and religious organizations to … mandate. Please make a gift today to support ADF in its challenge against this government overreach—all the way to
  • … Foundation and Students for Life of America sought to paint a similar mural outside a Planned Parenthood … public schools with 75 or fewer students. After ADF filed suit, Gov. Brown retracted the public-only exception but … Hawaii Two atheists have falsely accused two Hawaii churches represented by ADF of defrauding the government in a …
  • … Activists and government officials are taking brash actions to indoctrinate the next generation in critical race and … ideology by using pronouns demanded by students, no matter their biological sex. This is blatantly unconstitutional. The … speech and religious exercise—includes the freedom not to speak messages against our core beliefs.” – ADF Senior …
  • … on protecting the conscience rights of individuals forced to compromise their beliefs under threat of fines and … teams. Rouleau earned her J.D. from William and Mary Law School in 2019. She obtained her B.A., in political … She is a member of the bar in the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and Virginia. … Rachel Rouleau … Legal Counsel …
  • … M. Kilmartin serves as senior counsel and chief of staff to CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner at … Kilmartin also directs the Grants & Funding Program which, to date, has awarded approximately $55 million in grant funds … Kilmartin was a trial and appellate litigator in Big Law for just under a decade, including in the U.S. Supreme …
  • their moms — mostly single women, grateful for somewhere to leave their children during the long day’s work ahead. Two … together “believers from for-profits, not-for-profits, churches, and Christian heads of households to coordinate … at Grant Park learn love for their country and respect for law enforcement. They’re taught that God is the author of …
  • … I grew up doing concrete with him.” Her job, she says, was to shovel wet cement into a wheelbarrow, push it to wherever … therapy graduate students. The directives identified no law, policy, or rule that Maggie had violated. They didn’t … on Maggie’s future employment remained. ADF then filed suit in the U.S. District Court for Southern District of …
  • … faith-based organization in advancing the God-given right to live and speak the truth in the U.S. and around the world. … and other leading courts and tribunals and has secured the release of more than 1,000 imprisoned Christians. After … Court Justice Richard B. Sanders, Waggoner practiced law for over 16 years at a Seattle firm before joining ADF in …
  • … distinction, from the University of Nebraska College of Law and was selected for Order of the Coif. During law … for the Nebraska Law Review and as a research assistant to Professor Richard Duncan. Following law school, … More Than Mere “Constitutional Window Dressing”: Why the Press Clause Should Protect a Limited Right to Gather …
  • … Before joining ADF in 2024, Sterett was a partner at the law firm of Dalton & Tomich and oversaw the firm’s Illinois … defended the religious land use rights of many churches, religious schools, and ministries. He also served … and partner at Mauck & Baker, LLC in Chicago from 2007 to 2018. While at Mauck & Baker, Sterett became an ADF allied …