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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Justice will write a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a lawsuit Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed against a Michigan school district last year. The school district prohibited a student from attaching a religious message to candy cane ornaments he passed out to classmates at Christmas. “The DOJ’s determination to convey its opinion in this case indicates that the present administration has a keen interest in seeing the First Amendment liberties of school children preserved,” said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Jeff Shafer. Of the thousands of civil rights ...

… fear of punishment. We had hoped the U.S. Supreme Court would use this case to affirm this basic constitutional … : Two men filed a legal complaint against Colorado cake artist Jack Phillips after he declined to use his … willing to do the work, and Phillips told the men that he would be willing to make them any other type of baked good, …

… looking to target them? Jack Phillips—the Colorado cake artist—has been in litigation for over a decade , … website designer Lorie Smith continues to operate her design studio after her Supreme Court victory. Photographer … she just recently photographed two weddings. In addition, cake artist Jack Phillips has been in business for years. Yet …

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… clients opposed to Washington state regulations that would force them to dispense the “Plan B” and “ella” drugs in … clients opposed to Washington state regulations that would force them to dispense the “Plan B” and “ella” drugs in …

… as a ‘family-owned company’ to announce that she won’t design clothes for Melania Trump because she doesn’t want to … a business that provides wedding services such as cake decorating, wedding planning or catering services may … couple based on their sexual orientation. To do so would violate protections for sexual orientation laid out in …

… publicly communicating any message that “implies” someone would be “unwelcome” or “not solicited” based upon the … County Superior Court. ADF attorneys also represent  cake artist Jack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakeshop  in … publicly communicating any message that “implies” someone would be “unwelcome” or “not solicited” based upon the …

… They argued that a Supreme Court decision for Smith would benefit all Americans, regardless of their beliefs, and … has used the very law at issue in this case to punish cake artist  Jack Phillips , who is enduring his third … They argued that a Supreme Court decision for Smith would benefit all Americans, regardless of their beliefs, and …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday to take Carson v. Makin, a case in which the state of Maine prohibited families from using funds from a state tuition program, designed for students who do not have access to a local public school, at private religious schools: “The government cannot discriminate against people of faith who wish to act consistently with that faith in all areas of their lives. As we argued in the friend-of-the-court brief we ...

… body, and always felt confident and accepted by peers, I would be bankrupt. Teens today face the same prospect of …