Recently, the State of Washington’s Supreme Court heard and decided a case dealing with same-sex “discrimination” and First Amendment rights. Currently, a petition is pending in the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the case. In the center of the legal controversy is a Christian woman standing for the sanctity of marriage and standing for her faith. […]
On June 30, 2020, the Supreme Court reiterated the fact that the United States Constitution prohibits discrimination based on religion. In Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue,the Court held that a Montana no-aid provision denying state sponsored scholarship funds to religious schools was unconstitutional. Such so called “Blaine amendments” (which deny payments from any state
In late June, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in June Medical Services v. Russo. Though the decision was a setback in the fight for the rights of the unborn, nevertheless this ruling is erroneous and could be overturned in a future case considering similar issues. In its decision, the Court struck down a Louisiana
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In mid-May, the National Legal Foundation and Founding Freedoms Law Center—the Family Foundation’s litigation arm—defended Ms. Cheryl (Cheri) Britt’s constitutional rights. A Virginia Beach police officer improperly issued Ms. Britt a criminal citation at the beginning of April when she refused to leave the public sidewalk near a Planned Parenthood facility. After the NLF and
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The City of Philadelphia was experiencing a shortage of foster parents. In March of 2018, the city’s Department of Human Services urgently pleaded for 300 more foster homes. Yet, during the city’s shortage, Philadelphia denied Catholic Social Services (CSS), a local foster care agency, the ability to provide foster care services to children. Because the
In the next few months, the Supreme Court will decide whether a religious school or the government gets to choose who can teach children. This decision is being considered in the consolidated cases of Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel. The National Legal Foundation is actively working to protect the rights of the religious
Can federal courts rewrite state laws? Does the city of Pittsburgh’s fifteen-foot buffer-zone ordinance violate the Constitution’s Free Speech Clause? The Supreme Court of the United States has been asked to consider these issues in Bruni v. City of Pittsburgh. Niki Bruni and other pro-life advocates are sidewalk counselors who stood outside of a Planned