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- ADF attorneys filed friend-of-the-court brief in Carson v. Makin on behalf of Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty
- Judge issued illegitimate ruling halting state law with no opposition from pro-abortion attorney general
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday in Shurtleff v. City of Boston, a case in which the city of Boston excluded a Christian flag from its City Hall flagpole program, which allowed a wide variety of other flags to be flown: “When city officials open a program or activity to ‘all applicants,’ they cannot exclude those wishing to express religious beliefs. The city of Boston’s exclusion of religious expression from an otherwise wide-open public ...
- ADF attorneys file motion on behalf of Right to Life of Michigan, Michigan Catholic Conference
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Vice President of Appellate Advocacy and Senior Counsel John Bursch regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit’s decision issued Thursday in Speech First v. Cartwright to uphold students’ First Amendment rights at the University of Central Florida: “The right to speak freely without the government telling you what you can and cannot say is one of the greatest privileges and blessings that we enjoy as Americans. We are pleased the 11th Circuit continues to protect this fundamental right and has affirmed freedom ...
- ADF attorneys file proposed friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of Right to Life of Michigan, Michigan Catholic Conference.
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday in Thompson v. Clark, a case in which police officers in New York entered a home without a warrant and arrested a man for alleged child abuse that was later determined not to have occurred, as the 911 caller accusing Larry Thompson was a member of his family who had a history of mental illness: “The government is well equipped under the Constitution to further its interest in protecting children from abuse ...
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday in Ramirez v. Collier, a case in which prison officials denied the request of John Henry Ramirez—who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death—to have his pastor pray by his side when he is executed: “Mr. Ramirez has come to hold sincere religious beliefs, and his appeal to God in his final moments demands respect and accommodation. The First Amendment right to freely exercise one’s religion extends to ...
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy John Bursch regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys, along with counsel at Wiley Rein, LLP, filed at the U.S. Supreme Court Friday on behalf of the Catholic Medical Association in Dr. A. v. Hochul, a case in which 16 medical professionals are challenging New York’s mandate that forces health care workers to receive a COVID-19 vaccine over their sincere religious opposition to it: “Health care workers, like every other member of the American workforce, are free ...
- John Bursch available to media following oral arguments