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(Cleveland, Ohio) – The weaponization of Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) continues.  This time, government lawyers have filed a civil lawsuit under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE) against several pro-lifers arising out of two peaceful rescues held at abortion centers in northern Ohio in June 2021.…

June 20, 2024 (Los Angeles, CA) – Today, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) served the City of Los Angeles with notice that it intends to file a lawsuit against the City for effectively taking private property in violation of the Takings Clause of the U.S. Constitution and for creating…

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,…

(Ann Arbor, Michigan) – On April 10, 2024, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), along with co-counsel Great Lakes Justice Center, filed a full-throated response to a motion to dismiss their federal lawsuit challenging Proposal 3, which resulted in the creation of Article I, § 28 of the Michigan Constitution.…

(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…

(Washington, D.C. – March 20, 2024) – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia reversed, in part, her prior ruling dismissing our lawsuit challenging the military COVID-19 vaccination mandate on behalf of four Navy SEALS. After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C.…

On February 28th, we filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Priests for Life in Food and Drug Administration v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, a case involving the FDA’s rules regarding the use and distribution of mifepristone—the abortion pill. The…

The American Freedom Law Center has represented many pro-lifers who seek to rescue women from the harm caused by abortion.  We currently have two cases on appeal to the Michigan Court of Appeals involving Red Rose Rescues that occurred at abortion centers in Michigan. In both cases, we are trying…

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…