On Friday, May 3, 2024, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a motion to dismiss the politically-motivated criminal case brought by the Oakland County Prosecutor against AFLC’s client, Andrew Hess. As argued in the brief, the criminal charge plainly violates the First Amendment.  As a result, the case should…

(Washington, D.C. – April 15, 2024) Today, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to review its case against Attorney General Merrick Garland filed on behalf of parents from Loudoun County, Virginia and Saline,…

(Pontiac, Michigan) – On April 4, 2024, Andrew Hess was arraigned in the 50th District Court in Pontiac, Michigan on the charge of “making a terrorist threat,” which is a felony offense that carries a maximum penalty of 20 years confinement and a $20,000 fine. Hess, who is represented by…

As we reported previously, Priests for Life, with the assistance of the American Freedom Law Center, sent a Freedom of Information Act request for documents related to the FBI’s targeting of “traditional Catholics.”  We recently received our first batch of documents, which were heavily redacted.  No real surprise there. One…

(Washington, D.C. – January 9, 2024)  The American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a petition for rehearing en banc, asking the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rehear its case against Attorney General Merrick Garland. In this lawsuit, AFLC is challenging the Attorney General’s political attack…

Today, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a “motion for summary disposition” and request for attorneys’ fees and cost, seeking to dismiss as a matter of law a civil lawsuit filed by three Biden electors against sixteen Trump electors. AFLC’s motion asserts that the civil claims brought against the…

Earlier this month, the U.S. government bailed from the contentious federal litigation of Doe v. Mast.  The government chose to remove itself after AFLC successfully argued to the federal court in the Western District of Virginia that the government could not continue the charade of playing the role of a…

(Washington, D.C. – Jan. 12, 2023) Today, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed its opening brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in its lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland. The lawsuit challenges the Attorney General’s political attack against parents who speak out at school…

On October 20, 2022, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Eastpointe, Michigan and two of its officials for violating the civil rights of pro-life activists who protest abortion on the public sidewalk at the Eastland Women’s Clinic, an abortion center…