Yesterday, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a “friend of the court” brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of two Christian businesses that are challenging the constitutionality of the Obamacare contraception mandate. During this term, the Court will be deciding in Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. v. Sebelius…
Read MoreYesterday, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a “Petition for Writ of Certiorari” in the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court to grant review of its case challenging the Obamacare contraception mandate on behalf of Priests for Life, a nonprofit, Catholic organization; Father Frank Pavone, the National Director of…
Read MoreRobert J. Muise, Co-Founder and Senior Counsel of the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), will present oral argument on Tuesday, January 21, before a three-judge panel in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, asking the court to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of a civil rights…
Read MoreEmbroiled in a federal lawsuit that has sparked a fierce debate over the limits of government censorship, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) accepted yesterday a new pro-Israel / anti-jihad advertisement to run on MBTA buses. On January 3, 2014, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), through its executive director,…
Read MoreOn January 3, 2014, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), through its executive director, Pamela Geller, proposed a new advertisement to run on Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) buses. This advertisement, which states, “In any war between the civilized man and those engaged in savage acts, support the civilized man. …
Read MoreOn December 31, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the American Freedom Law Center’s (AFLC) emergency motion for an injunction, thereby halting the enforcement of the Obamacare contraception mandate as applied against religious organizations pending appeal of a lower court ruling. AFLC filed the…
Read MoreThe American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) has filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, seeking review of a Massachusetts federal judge’s ruling that denied AFLC’s motion for a preliminary injunction. Through the motion, AFLC requested that the court order the Massachusetts Bay…
Read MoreWashington, D.C. (December 23, 2013) — Last Friday, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), a national, nonprofit Judeo-Christian law firm, filed an emergency motion for an injunction in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, asking the court to halt the enforcement of the Obamacare contraception…
Read MoreWashington, D.C. (December 19, 2013) — The American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), a national, nonprofit Judeo-Christian law firm, filed its reply brief today in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, thus ending the briefing stage in AFLC’s appeal to the court, requesting that it overturn the…
Read MoreWashington, D.C. (December 13, 2013) — The American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), a national, nonprofit Judeo-Christian law firm, is honored to announce that Michael B. Mukasey has joined its Advisory Board. Judge Mukasey served as the 81st Attorney General of the United States from November 2007 to January 2009. As…
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