On August 27, a divided, three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued its ruling in Bible Believers v. Wayne County, affirming 2 to 1 a lower court decision dismissing a civil rights lawsuit brought by several Christian evangelists who were violently attacked by a hostile…
Read MoreToday, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer asking the Court to review the rejection of their trademark application for STOP THE ISLAMISATION OF AMERICA. Geller and Spencer are…
Read MoreOn July 2, 2014, a Michigan federal judge granted a motion filed by the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) requesting that the court “quash” harassing and burdensome subpoenas issued by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to Ms. Zaba Davis, a private citizen who received the subpoenas because she…
Read MoreOn June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell, ruling in favor of the Christian businesses that challenged the constitutionality of the Obamacare contraception mandate as applied against for-profit businesses. The mandate required for-profit corporations…
Read MoreYesterday, a U.S. Magistrate Judge issued his “report and recommendation” in the case of Joelle Silver, a public school teacher and devout Christian who was forced by officials in her public school district to censor her personal speech and remove all religious content from her classroom under threat of being…
Read MoreOn June 16, 2014, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed its opening brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, requesting that the federal appeals court reverse two lower court decisions that permitted the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to censor the display of pro-Israel /…
Read MoreOn May 22, 2014, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a lower court decision that the City of Tulsa and two of its senior police officials, Chief of Police Chuck Jordan and Deputy Chief of Police Daryl Webster, did not violate…
Read MoreWashington, D.C. (May 14, 2014) — Yesterday, in an opinion that relied upon irrelevant essays and anonymous comments posted on blogs, a three-judge panel in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board’s (TTAB) denial of the trademark application for “Stop…
Read MoreThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral argument on May 8 in Priests for Life’s challenge to the HHS contraception mandate.  The American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), a national nonprofit Judeo-Christian law firm, is representing Priests for Life; Fr. Frank Pavone, the National Director of Priests…
Read MoreThe American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) is representing seven private citizens who were issued harassing subpoenas by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) because they publicly expressed their opposition to the construction of an Islamic center in their neighborhood in Pittsfield Township, Michigan. In 2012, the Muslim Community Association of…
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