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It was the start of a new school year and Janelle Poukamissas was excited as she walked into a planning meeting with the other student leaders of the Ichthus Club, a Christian student club at Half Hollow Hills High School East on Long Island, New York.

Lisa Fullerton is the President and CEO of A Novel Idea, dba Auntie Anne’s Pretzels and Cinnabon, which has been a multi-unit franchise operator in San Antonio, Texas since 2000. Lisa has been heavily involved in serving her community in a variety of capacities. She’s been a supporter and past board member of the San Antonio Clubhouse, which supports adults living with mental health diagnoses. Her business was one of the first San Antonio employers to hire clubhouse members through the group’s first ever Transitional Employment Program. To date, A Novel Idea has employed dozens of clubhouse ...

… litigation and regulatory advocacy. Before joining ADF, Baptist was a partner at Wiley Rein LLP—one of the … International Law Review . Washingtonian magazine named Baptist as one of the Most Influential People Shaping …

… organizations on university campuses. Before joining ADF in 2019, Ross worked at the Law Office of Scott D. …

… at Alliance Defending Freedom. In his role, he designs ADF’s academic initiatives and professional-development … litigation in both trial and appellate courts and was named a “Super Lawyers—Rising Star” multiple times. He earned …

… Appellate Advocacy Team. In that role, he represents ADF clients of all stripes at the appellate level, preserving … courts and in the U.S. Supreme Court. Before joining ADF, Schandevel served as an assistant attorney general in … Advocates for Life at Virginia Law. He also completed ADF’s Blackstone Legal Fellowship and was commissioned as a …

… Appellate Advocacy Team. In that role, he represents ADF clients primarily at the appellate level and specializes … on the main litigation teams in five merits cases that ADF successfully litigated at the U.S. Supreme Court: Thomas … freedom, free speech, and life issues. Before joining ADF, Gray clerked for the Hon G. Steven Agee on the U.S. …

Augusta State University counseling student Jennifer Keeton was told that her Christian beliefs were unethical and incompatible with the prevailing views in her college counseling program.

As “one of America's most efficient and dependable” manufacturers and wholesale distributors of HVAC sheet metal products and equipment, you’d think that the government would want to encourage and protect family-owned, successful companies like Hercules Industries.

… under threat of fines and punishment. Rouleau joined ADF in 2019 as a litigation fellow and worked on the Life, …