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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Vice President of Appellate Advocacy and Senior Counsel John Bursch regarding a proposed friend-of-the-court brief ADF filed Wednesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Speech First v. Cartwright, a lawsuit challenging University of Central Florida policies that unconstitutionally restrict students’ First Amendment rights: “Public universities should be the standard-bearers for a free-speech environment full of many viewpoints and voices. Universities can regulate truly problematic harassment while still ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Zack Pruitt regarding SB 636, a North Carolina bill vetoed Friday by Gov. Roy Cooper that would have protected the private information of individuals who support charities and other nonprofit organizations of their choice, consistent with the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in the ADF case Thomas More Law Center v. Bonta: “Every American should be free to peacefully support causes they believe in without fear of harassment or intimidation. We have seen states irresponsibly mandate disclosures that endanger ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Tyson Langhofer, director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom, regarding Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s signing Tuesday of HB 233, a bill that provides better recourse for public university students if they are punished for expressing their sincerely held religious beliefs in a private setting, as happened to ADF client Jack Denton: “Students don’t forfeit their right to free speech when they step on to a public university campus. After forcing Jack Denton out of his position as student senate president, the ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley regarding Houston Mayor Annise D. Parker’s decision Wednesday to withdraw the subpoena of sermons and other communications belonging to several area pastors in a lawsuit in which the pastors are not even involved: “The mayor really had no choice but to withdraw these subpoenas, which should never have been served in the first place. The entire nation--voices from every point of the spectrum left to right--recognize the city's action as a gross abuse of power. We are gratified that the First ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Burke regarding the Kansas Senate’s vote Monday, following the House’s lead, to override Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of HB 2749, a bill designed to better inform better support programs for mothers and their children, advance medical research, and protect the health of women by ensuring that the reasons why a woman chooses abortion are reported: “Women deserve real health care that supports them during pregnancy and provides alternatives to the grave risks that abortion poses to women’s physical and ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Denise Burke regarding Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto Friday of HB 2749, a bill designed to inform better support programs for mothers and their children, advance medical research, and protect the health of women by ensuring that the reasons why a woman chooses abortion are reported: “Women deserve real health care that supports them during pregnancy and provides alternatives to the grave risks that abortion poses to women’s physical and psychological health. We commend the Kansas Legislature for passing this ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’s signing Tuesday of SF 2095, a bill that ensures that Iowans are free to live and work according to their faith without fear of unjust government punishment: “Americans should be able to defend their rights when their government stops them from living and worshiping according to their faith. This law provides a sensible balancing test for courts to use when reviewing government policies that infringe upon the religious freedom rights of Iowans. The law doesn’t ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Bowman, director of regulatory practice, regarding a federal district court ruling issued Friday in State of Texas and Mayo Pharmacy v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in which the court affirmed that HHS’s pharmacy abortion guidance can’t require pharmacies to dispense abortion drugs or violate their religious beliefs: “Unelected bureaucrats can’t force Americans to dispense abortion-inducing drugs against their conscience. HHS changed its pharmacy abortion guidance after the court ruled in ...

… that allows state to censor, control his artistic work ADF attorneys represent Bob Updegrove Published April 29, 2021 … v. Miyares ALEXANDRIA, Va.  – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed an  appeal  Wednesday of a federal district … to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, ADF attorneys will argue that the district court should not have …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Greg Chafuen regarding West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s signing Thursday of the Equal Protection for Religion Act, a bill that ensures that West Virginians are free to live and work according to their faith without fear of unjust government punishment: “Citizens should not be left defenseless when their government attempts to burden their ability to live and worship according to their faith. This law provides a sensible balancing test for courts to use when reviewing government policies that infringe upon the ...