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On October 20, 2022, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Eastpointe, Michigan and two of its officials for violating the civil rights of pro-life activists who protest abortion on the public sidewalk at the Eastland Women’s Clinic, an abortion center…

(Detroit, Michigan – October 20,2022) – Today, a federal civil rights lawsuit was filed by the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) against the City of Eastpointe, Michigan and two of its officials for allegedly violating the civil rights of pro-life activists who protest abortion on the public sidewalk at the…

(Washington, D.C.) – On October 13, 2022, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a petition for writ of certiorari, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review an important First Amendment case. In September 2019, AFLC filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Detroit and several City…

(Washington, D.C. – September 26, 2022).  Late last Friday, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. dismissed on “standing” grounds a federal civil rights lawsuit filed against Attorney General Merrick Garland by the American Freedom Law Center (“AFLC”). The lawsuit was filed on behalf of parents and a parent organization, challenging…

On September 16, 2022, we filed a reply brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in our federal civil rights class action lawsuit against President Biden, Twitter, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, which alleges that Twitter is censoring speech critical of the administration’s COVID-19 vaccination policy…

Here are our lawfare highlights for July 2022: * On July 1, we filed a full-throated response to Genoa Township’s defective and at times frivolous motion to dismiss our lawsuit filed against the Township on behalf of Catholic Healthcare International (“CHI”) and its president, Jere Palazzolo. In this case, CHI…

“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled.  The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision, including the one on which the defenders of Roe and Casey now chiefly rely—the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.” Dobbs v.…

(Washington, D.C., March 25, 2022) – Earlier this month, the American Freedom Law Center filed a civil rights lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C., on behalf of four members of the U.S. Navy’s elite Sea, Air, and Land Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, challenging the Biden administration’s vaccine…

(Washington, D.C.) – Four members of the U.S. Navy’s elite Sea, Air, and Land Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, have filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.), challenging the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate.  The four SEALs, all devout Christian men,…

Ten years ago yesterday (January 23, 2012), we launched AFLC.  And since then, we have tirelessly fought for faith and freedom in courtrooms across the country, as well as in the public square. We are proud of all that we have accomplished, but we know that there is much work…