New York, New York (August 30, 2012) — Yesterday, Federal Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, issued a final ruling, striking down the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York’s (MTA) “no-demeaning speech” restriction and ordering the MTA to display a…
Read MoreTulsa, Oklahoma (August 14, 2012) — Today, after months of discovery, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), a non-profit Judeo-Christian public interest law firm, filed a motion for summary judgment in federal court in Oklahoma on behalf of Captain Paul Fields, a veteran of the Tulsa Police Department who was…
Read MoreCincinnati, Ohio (August 1, 2012) — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled in favor of a private citizen’s right to display a Nativity scene on public property in Macomb County, Michigan. The case, Satawa v. Macomb County Road Commission, et al., was successfully argued by Robert…
Read MoreNew York, New York (July 20, 2012) — Earlier today, Federal Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, ruled that the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) restriction on “demeaning” speech was unconstitutional. The MTA had refused to run an anti-jihad…
Read MoreDearborn, Michigan (July 9, 2012) — During the 2012 Arab International Festival held this past June in Dearborn, Michigan, a group of Christian evangelists were pelted with stones, bottles, and debris by Muslim youths while deputies from the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office stood idly by, allowing the criminal assault to…
Read MoreWashington, D.C. (June 28, 2012) — Today, the United States Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in a 5 to 4 decision, with Chief Justice Roberts siding with the liberal wing of the Court in what can only be described as a…
Read MoreLos Angeles, California (June 15, 2012) — Today, District Court Judge James V. Selna, sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California (Santa Ana), ruled in favor of the California-based Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, Inc. (CBR), a pro-life organization, and its executive director Gregg Cunningham and…
Read MoreCincinnati, Ohio (June 15, 2012) — The American Freedom Law Center, through Senior Counsel Robert Muise and David Yerushalmi, have petitioned the full court (en banc) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to review a decision rendered by a three-judge panel which held that a federal…
Read MoreLos Angeles, California (June 4, 2012) — Today, American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) Senior Counsel David Yerushalmi and Robert Muise will be in federal court in California, representing the California-based Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, Inc. (CBR), a pro-life organization that was sued for copyright infringement by Northland Family Planning Clinic,…
Read MoreCincinnati, Ohio (June 1, 2012) — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that a federal taxpayer lacks “standing” to challenge the government’s use of taxpayer funds to support sharia-based activities. The case, which is captioned on appeal as Murray v. United States Department of Treasury,…
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