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On July 13, 2016, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) under the First Amendment. Section 230 provides immunity from lawsuits to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, thereby permitting…

On June 22, 2016, the Urth Caffe in Laguna Beach responded to a fraudulent lawsuit filed by seven Muslim women claiming religious discrimination by countersuing the women and alleging abuse of process.  The countersuit was filed by the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), a national public interest law firm retained…

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit today unanimously reversed a trial court’s ruling dismissing a fraud case brought against the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).  The result of the appellate court’s ruling is that CAIR National, operating out of the District of Columbia, must…

On May 16, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Wayne County’s petition for writ of certiorari, which asked the high court to review the Bible Believers case.  This denial ends any further substantive challenges to this important First Amendment ruling. In October 2015, a majority of the full court of the…

The United States Supreme Court issued an opinion today vacating the decisions of the Courts of Appeals against Priests for Life and the other petitioners who are objecting to the HHS mandate (Priests for Life v. U.S. Dep’t of HHS, part of Zubik v. Burwell). The Court did not rule on the…

Shortly after being served with a fraudulent lawsuit alleging religious discrimination, the Urth Caffe in Laguna Beach retained the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) to respond to the litigation. David Yerushalmi, AFLC co-founder and senior counsel, issued the following statement: “This lawsuit is a fraud and a hoax on the…

On March 23rd, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in seven cases challenging the HHS mandate as applied against non-exempt religious organizations.  One of those cases was the American Freedom Law Center’s case filed on behalf of Priests for Life. With the recent passing of Justice Scalia, it was…

On Tuesday, April 5th, American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) Senior Counsel Robert Muise will present oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Washington, D.C. in a case challenging President Obama’ unlawful executive orders regarding the enforcement of the Affordable Care Act. The lawsuit, which…

On March 24, 2016, AFLC filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, challenging the Obama administration’s HHS mandate and its so-called “accommodation” that the government is now enforcing against closely-held, for profit companies following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Hobby Lobby.…

On March 23rd, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in seven consolidated cases challenging the HHS contraception/abortion mandate of the Affordable Care Act (i.e., Obamacare) on behalf of religious organizations. One of those cases is AFLC’s challenge brought on behalf of Priests for Life. The question presented to the Court is whether…