AFLC Files Reply Brief in Appeal of Court Order that Allowed MTA to Sidestep an Injunction and Censor Pamela Geller’s Ad

On October 9, 2015, lawyers for Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, and their non-profit organization, American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), filed their reply brief in their appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, appealing a federal district court’s ruling that “dissolved” the court’s earlier order requiring the…

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Challenge to Obama’s Unlawful Executive Action Heads to D.C. Circuit

Today, the American Freedom Law Center filed its opening brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in its lawsuit challenging President Obama’s unlawful executive orders regarding the implementation and enforcement of Obamacare. On July 4, 2014, AFLC filed this action in the U.S. District Court for…

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Federal Court Orders CAIR to Pay AFLC $9,000 in Legal Fees

Today (August 28, 2015), U.S. Magistrate Judge David Grand sanctioned the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and ordered it to pay $9,000 in legal fees to the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), after AFLC successfully “quashed” harassing and burdensome subpoenas issued by CAIR to Ms. Zaba Davis, a private citizen…

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AFLC Files Opening Brief in Appeal of District Court Order that Allowed MTA to Sidestep an Injunction and Refuse to Display Pamela Geller’s Ad

Today, lawyers for Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, and their non-profit organization, American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), filed their opening brief in their appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, appealing a federal district court’s ruling that “dissolved” the court’s earlier order requiring the New York City’s…

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Judge Allows CAIR to Get Away with Fraud; Opening Brief Filed in Appeal

Washington, D.C. — Judge Paul Friedman, the federal judge presiding over a five-year old lawsuit alleging that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) defrauded dozens of Muslim and non-Muslim clients, issued a shocking ruling when he summarily dismissed the lawsuit, which was brought in the U.S. District Court for the…

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MBTA’s Rejection of Anti-Jihad Ads Heads to Supreme Court

Yesterday (July 27, 2015), the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), filed a petition in the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to review a sharply-divided decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which upheld the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) refusal to display on…

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Federal Court: MTA Violated Pamela Geller’s First Amendment Rights and Must Pay as a Result

On Thursday of last week (7/16), the federal court hearing the case against the New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for illegally refusing to display an anti-jihad advertisement granted the plaintiffs, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer, and their non-profit organization, American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), partial summary judgment and ordered…

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Pamela Geller Sues WMATA for Censoring Mohammad Cartoon

Today, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) for refusing to run a “Support Free Speech” advertisement that depicted the winning entry of the “Draw Mohammad Contest” recently held in Garland, Texas.  The lawsuit was filed in…

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