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  • … pastime and constitutional right to exercise free speech on public sidewalks. But the people of Pittsburgh have been denied this right. City officials have ignored the First Amendment  and created censorship zones around many … the City of Pittsburgh. Case timeline September 2014 : ADF attorneys first challenged  the Pittsburgh law in federal …
  • … religious liberty that I have seen in my years litigating First Amendment cases since 1984 has been the extreme … officials that they had a constitutional duty to go on search-and-destroy missions to obliterate all things … the state church to carry out certain civil functions. ADF attorney Brett Harvey refers to this as the “force and …
  • … own faith by expressing the school's preferred viewpoint on specific, fundamental issues. Vivian Geraghty experienced … Instead, she experienced a blatant violation of her First Amendment rights. Geraghty v. Jackson Local School … forced to resign and escorted off campus. December 2022 : ADF attorneys filed a lawsuit on behalf of Vivian. Currently …
  • … had a casual three-minute conversation with two students on his snowboarding team before a competition. What truth did … . Almost immediately, the program began to thrive. For the first three years of the snowboarding team’s existence, Coach … a clear violation of the First Amendment, and that’s why ADF attorneys stepped in to help Coach Bloch defend his …
  • … school to pray. This limitation, which was only imposed on Chase’s group caused the thriving group of over 90 … … Chase Windebank … religious freedom … free speech … First Amendment … Freedom Matters … President Donald Trump … How …
  • … to set the record—and the law—straight. Thankfully, ADF successfully defended the rights of church and ministry … (or equipped others to assist) over 3,200 ministries on COVID-19-related issues. One such example of government … So when Washington began to reopen in June following the first round of COVID-19 shutdowns, the churches planned to …
  • … Womack Published August 26, 2022 Revised October 18, 2022 On July 19, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act … It is the immoveable truth about marriage. In addition, ADF and more than 80 allies sent a letter to Senate Minority …
  • … that judgment. But Jack is not backing down . Read the details of Jack’s latest case below. Masterpiece Cakeshop v. … Cakeshop and requested a custom cake : designed blue on the outside and pink on the inside to celebrate and … was at issue in 303 Creative v. Elenis , a case in which ADF attorneys represented graphic artist Lorie Smith. In June …
  • … expressing her beliefs, but she boldly stood up for her First Amendment freedoms. Read on to learn more about her case. Maggie DeJong was targeted … her First Amendment rights. In response, on May 31, ADF filed a lawsuit  against Southern Illinois University …
  • … Alliance Defending Freedom has been fighting to protect First Amendment rights wherever they are being threatened. … attacks are most common. One of the very first cases that ADF fully funded helped guarantee that religious groups on public campuses received the same access to student funds …