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The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding President Joseph Biden’s nomination Friday of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the current vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court: “A justice should interpret the Constitution faithfully and according to the original public meaning of the Framers who wrote it. While ADF doesn’t take a position on the merits of Supreme Court nominees, respecting the Constitution in this way is essential to protect our precious freedoms, including our first freedom—the right to peacefully live and work ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding the District Court of Colorado’s decision Thursday to dismiss one of the two claims against Colorado cake artist Jack Phillips in Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop: “The decision by the court to dismiss one of the claims against Jack Phillips is the first step towards final justice. Jack has been threatened with financial ruin simply because he makes decisions about which messages to create and celebrate—decisions that every other artist in Colorado is free to make. Tolerance for ...

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Online media such as Facebook and Twitter have become the primary way many, if not most, Americans access the news. But government officials have been pressuring Big Tech to do their dirty work for them—trying to sidestep First Amendment safeguards to censor viewpoints the government doesn’t like. Freedom needs to be safeguarded—even on social media. That’s why Alliance Defending Freedom is standing for the protection and preservation of free speech in cases where government actors, including the Biden administration, have been caught pressuring technology companies to do their bidding. “Using ...

… discrimination. Board members made crystal clear that they consider ACU students and their Christian beliefs on …

… Public schools cannot attack or demean students based on these or any other characteristics. We look forward to continuing to represent these parents and students as they stand up against a school district that continues to …

… in order to provide health plans the government prefers. These Christian schools simply want to abide by the very faith they espouse and teach, just as such schools have done since … in order to provide health plans the government prefers. These Christian schools simply want to abide by the very …

Appeal aims to stop state officials from recognizing foreign same-sex “marriages”

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys, along with co-counsel William Esser at Parker Roe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, filed Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court in Keister v. Bell on behalf of Young America’s Foundation, supporting the constitutionally protected right of free speech on public sidewalks alongside college campuses: “Public city sidewalks that happen to border a university’s campus are still public, open to anyone to freely walk and ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding the U.S. Senate’s confirmation Wednesday of Catherine Lhamon as assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education, a position she previously held during the Obama administration: “The Senate has just narrowly confirmed a far-left activist, Catherine Lhamon, to serve as assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education. During her time in this position under the Obama administration, Ms. Lhamon led the charge on policies that allowed males to ...