Super PACs Turn Two Years Old

Arlington, VA — Most two-year-olds can’t speak, and yet this two-year-old has expanded free speech across the nation, changed the face of the Republican primaries, and dealt a huge blow to those who would use government power to restrict political discourse. Monday, March 26, 2012, marks the second anniversary of the

Suit Based on International Law Filed Against Christian Pastor for Speech on LGBT

Rev. Scott Lively

Washington D.C. – Liberty Counsel has agreed to represent Rev. Scott Lively, an evangelical pastor who was sued in a Massachusetts federal court by a foreign group called Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG). The premise for this lawsuit is based upon the Alien Tort Statute (ATS).

The ATS provides a cause of action for violations of international laws that are “specific, universal, and obligatory.” Courts have found torture, cruel, inhuman,

ACLJ Files Suit Challenging HHS Mandate for Violating Religious Beliefs of Missouri Business Owner

Washington, D.C. – The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a pro-life legal organization that focuses on constitutional law, today filed a first-of-a-kind federal lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human

ACLJ, Members of Congress Urge SCOTUS to Declare San Diego War Memorial Constitutional

Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial, San Diego, CA. Photo via Jay Sekulow, ACLJ

Washington, D.C. – The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which focuses on constitutional law, today urged the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of 34 members of Congress to take a case out of California in which a federal appeals court held that the federal government’s operation of the Mt. Soledad Veterans

DOJ Continues Frivolous Prosecution of Pro-Life American

Mary Susan Pine / Image via Liberty Counsel

West Palm Beach, FL – After being thrown out of federal court and chastised for filing a case with no evidence, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has now filed an appeal in Holder v Pine, its longstanding political prosecution of a pro-life American. Holder had unsuccessfully sought thousands of dollars in fines against Susan Pine, as well as a permanent injunction banning her from counseling women on the public sidewalk outside the Presidential Women’s Center (“PWC”) abortion clinic. Without any evidence of wrongdoing, Holder accused Pine of obstructing the entrance to an abortion clinic in violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act

My Fellow Catholics: This is Our “Time for Choosing”

Bigoted attack ad placed in NYT by anti-religion group FFRF

By Alan Sexton

Anti-religion activists group Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) has aligned with the brutal campaign against Catholics now being carried out by Barack Obama and his administration.

FFRF recently ran an overtly bigoted full-page attack ad in the New York

ACLJ Defending Tea Party Groups From IRS Assault

Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ)

Washington, D.C, – The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), focusing on constitutional law, said it is representing nearly 20 Tea Party organizations nationwide against what appears to be a coordinated attempt by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to intimidate and silence these organizations in this election year. The ACLJ says IRS information demands sent to Tea Party groups include probing questions that violate the free speech and freedom of association