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… 2015, and just under three years later, a federal district court ruled that the city had violated the Constitution by … its employees’ speech outside of work. Outcome The court ruled that Atlanta cannot require its employees to get … it agreed to pay him $1.2 million in the wake of the court’s ruling. Case timeline November 2014 : The city of …

… v. Rockford Public School District , in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern … v. Rockford Public School District , in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, Southern …

… at 1:30 p.m. EST, Thursday, May 16 WHERE:  U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont, 11 Elmwood Ave., … for media interviews Thursday following federal district court oral arguments in  National Institute of Family and … fear of unjust government punishment. We are urging the court to support the rights of these critical care services.” …

… Jessica’s behalf. December 2023 : After a federal district court ruled against Jessica, ADF attorneys appealed her case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, asking the court to allow Jessica to access Oregon’s adoption system …

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a new rule the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Monday that hijacks a bipartisan law, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, to impose pro-abortion regulations on virtually every employer in the country, even those whose religious beliefs dictate that life begins at conception: “This rule is just the latest example of the Biden administration abusing its power to advance abortion. The new rule seeks to punish the speech of pro-life employers and restrict their hiring ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a public comment ADF attorneys submitted Monday urging the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to withdraw its proposed rule that hijacks a bipartisan law, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, to impose an abortion mandate on virtually every employer in the country, even those whose religious beliefs dictate that life begins at conception: “The Biden administration’s new rule jeopardizes a supportive work culture for pregnant women by introducing abortion into federal law in a ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Julie Marie Blake regarding a formal comment ADF attorneys submitted Wednesday with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services urging it to withdraw a proposed grants rule that would discriminate against recipients of taxpayer funds based on their policies protecting the safety of women and girls in sports teams, private facilities, education, healthcare, and housing: “Americans should be free to live out their ethical and religious beliefs without fear of government retribution. While HHS is right to ...

When the FDA allowed abortion-by-mail, it enabled sex trafficking. Trafficked women can now be more easily kept away from doctors and coerced into abortion.

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Litigation Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding the unsupported claim that the city of Houston is “backing off” or “narrowing” its subpoena request for the sermons and communications of pastors in Woodfill v. Parker: “The shame that the city of Houston has brought upon itself is real, but the claim that it has changed course is not. The city so far has taken no concrete action to withdraw the subpoenas. Furthermore, the subpoenas themselves are the problem – not just their request for pastors’ sermons. The city is not off the ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Christiana Holcomb regarding the U.S. House of Representatives’ approval Thursday of tax legislation that includes language from the Free Speech Fairness Act, which, if signed into law, would prevent the Internal Revenue Service from investigating and penalizing churches simply for what a pastor says from the pulpit: “America’s pastors don’t need a federal tax agency to police their sermons, and so we commend those in the House who supported free speech fairness language in the amended tax bill. Churches and ...