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On May 12, 2021, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit will hear arguments in an important case seeking to uphold the First Amendment right to videotape matters involving a public controversy. On November 12, 2019, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a civil…

Faith and Freedom Fighters Robert Muise and David Yerushalmi are experts in constitutional law with more than five decades of legal experience defending religious liberty, the freedom of speech, and the sanctity of life in federal and state courts across our great country. Robert is a Catholic and served as…

(Lansing, MI – November 27, 2020) – Early on Thanksgiving morning, the American Freedom Law Center, along with associated counsel acting as special counsel for the Thomas More Society based in Chicago, filed a Petition for Extraordinary Writs and Declaratory Relief in the Michigan Supreme Court on behalf of two…

On October 23, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a unanimous ruling upholding the First Amendment in a case that the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) has been litigating for more than 10 years! In May 2010, AFLC Co-Founders and Senior Counsel David Yerushalmi and…

(Harrisburg, Pa. – October 7, 2020) – Late yesterday, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in its civil rights lawsuit against Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, the Pennsylvania Attorney General, and Dr. Rachel Levine, the Secretary of Health for the Pennsylvania Department of Health,…

(Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – September 3, 2020)  Today, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a civil rights lawsuit against Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, the Pennsylvania Attorney General, and Dr. Rachel Levine, the Secretary of Health for the Pennsylvania Department of Health, challenging various restrictions imposed upon the fundamental liberties of…

New York, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, has become the epicenter of constitutional violations.  Governor Cuomo and New York City Mayor de Blasio have led this charge, issuing executive orders that plainly violate civil liberties protected by the U.S. Constitution. The American Freedom Law Center is fighting back!  We…

(Albany, NY – July 30, 2020) – In our civil rights lawsuit  challenging New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order 205, which requires all persons who travel to New York from certain “restricted” States to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival or face severe criminal and civil penalties, including a civil…

On July 17, 2020, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan, challenging the enforcement of Governor Whitmer’s restriction on “social gatherings” as applied to restrict wedding ceremonies and receptions. The lawsuit was filed on…

Today, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in its civil rights lawsuit against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Commissioner of the New York Department of Health, challenging the Governor’s Executive Order 205, which requires all persons who travel to New York…