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… Legal Fellowship is integral in Alliance Defending Freedom’s ultimate goal of serving Christ while defending and … 30, 2023 America’s Founding Fathers took pains to explain that the Constitution was not written to bestow rights upon … The original vision for Blackstone came from Alan Sears, ADF’s founding president and CEO. Alan imagined a community …

… fields of gender and sexuality. Levine chaired a committee that crafted a pioneering set of standards of care for … Metropolitan School District —and another case in which ADF has intervened— B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of … the road to becoming a transgender adult is a very serious decision, and stand as a reminder that a casual assumption …

… of speech, there are some important exceptions —speech that the First Amendment does not protect, such as: … great things for good or ill. As University of Chicago professor Richard M. Weaver once wrote, ideas have … for using violence, and many are taking action . Some ADF clients and employees have experienced similar …

… Defending Freedom, three students and a professor from that club challenged the university’s unconstitutional … refused to rescind the no-contact orders even after ADF attorneys informed them of their First Amendment … filed a lawsuit. In June 2022, a federal district court ruled that Peter, Mark, and Ryan were likely to prevail on …

… wrongly claims they are redefining what sex means. Written by Neal Hardin Published February 21, 2024 Revised March 4, … 2024 Words matter. Definitions matter. People understand that without a common language and vocabulary that everyone … in a case called Reed v. Reed , one of its first women’s rights cases. In the brief, the ACLU used language like …

… The heckling of Judge Kyle Duncan at Stanford shows that free speech is as important in the classroom as it is in … Snow Published May 24, 2023 Revised June 1, 2023 “Let’s tone down the heckling slightly,” the leader told her … to shut down ideas they don’t like. Just last year, ADF CEO, President, and General Counsel Kristen Waggoner was …

… important safety standards. Because of the FDA’s lawless decision to recklessly remove these safety standards, more … the critical safety standards it has abandoned. ADF is challenging the agency’s reckless and illegal actions … has agreed to hear the case. ( You can read more about that lawsuit here .) But just what are these drugs? What …

… they could not make decisions according with their beliefs—that’s the whole point of their existence. Under the First … mission in the classroom. But a court in Massachusetts ruled against Gordon College’s ability to do just that. In … her the promotion. DeWeese-Boyd sued the college for its decision not to grant her the promotion. And in 2021, the …

… Violate, Free Speech In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that government officials cannot misuse public-accommodation … force them to express ideas contrary to their core values. ADF stepped in to defend Joanna and Breanna’s right to create … person requesting. This distinction is critical: making a decision based on who someone is versus making a decision …

… Court ruled in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District  that Coach Kennedy's personal prayer of gratitude at the end … both as religious exercise and as private speech. Read the press release here . Can a public school punish an employee for …