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In 2017, we filed a civil rights lawsuit against the City of Sterling Heights, Michigan, and its Mayor, Michael C. Taylor, alleging violations of federal and state law.  The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of seven residents of the…

Santa Ana, California (July 2, 2019) — Earlier this year, AFLC Co-Founder and Senior Counsel Robert Muise argued an important pro-life speech case before a three-judge panel of the California Court of Appeals.  Today, the Court of Appeals ruled in our favor on the main issue presented: whether a ban on “grisly…

Washington, D.C. (June 7, 2019) — Yesterday afternoon the United States District Court for the District of Columbia granted the parties’ joint motion to finally dismiss the 11-year long battle between three of the victims of a massive fraud first carried out, and then concealed, by the Council on American-Islamic…

Washington, D.C. (June 4, 2019) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has settled a case originally filed 11 years ago in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.  The lawsuit against CAIR was brought by the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) on behalf of five victims…

(Kalamazoo, Michigan)–As expected, Dana Nessel, the Michigan Attorney General, filed a motion asking the judge to dismiss our lawsuit challenging her policy directive which targets the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) for investigation and surveillance by her new “hate crimes unit” because AFLC has been designated by the radical, Left-wing…

(Lansing, Michigan)–On May 9, 2019, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed two applications in the Michigan Supreme Court, asking the state’s highest court to review two very important pro-life cases.  Both cases involved Red Rose Rescues at abortions centers located in Michigan.  Both cases resulted in convictions for trespass.…

(Oklahoma—April 23, 2019)  On Friday, April 19, and without any prior notice, Raja’ee Fatihah, a board member of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-Oklahoma, filed a motion to dismiss his lawsuit against Chad and Nicole Neal, the owners of an Oklahoma gun range.  This lawsuit, which was filed in federal…

(Toledo, Ohio)—Last August, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of Cal and Corrie Zastrow against the City of Toledo, its Chief of Police, and two City police officers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. The lawsuit alleged that the City…

(Lansing, Michigan)—Today, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Dana Nessel, the Attorney General of Michigan, and Agustin V. Arbulu, the Director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, challenging their recently announced policy directive to unlawfully target groups in Michigan designated by the…

On January 28, 2019, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking the high court’s review in a case challenging the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) refusal to display two “Support Free Speech” ads on their advertising space.…