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ADF attorneys available for media interviews following hearing Friday

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Natalie Thompson regarding a friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Wednesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on behalf of Female Athletes United and Christian Educators Association International in State of Alabama v. United States Secretary of Education. In the case, the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina are asking the 11th Circuit to protect their right to defend female athletes, students, and teachers’ privacy, safety, and freedom of speech by halting the ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Mathew Hoffmann regarding a proposed friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit on behalf of the Douglass Leadership Institute in the case B.B. v. Capistrano Unified School District, in which a first grade student was punished by school officials for a drawing at school: “Students don’t lose their First Amendment right to free speech when they walk into a school building. All Americans must remain free to speak, especially in our schools. As we explain ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Natalie Thompson regarding a decision Wednesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to reject the Biden administration’s request to partially pause a district court injunction against the administration’s illegal attempt to rewrite Title IX rules. Because of the 5th Circuit’s decision, issued in Rapides Parish School Board v. United States Department of Education, the halt on the rules remains fully in place in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, and Idaho while the case proceeds: “The ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Vice President of Litigation Strategy and Center for Conscience Initiatives Jonathan Scruggs, regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit’s decision Wednesday to reject the Biden administration’s request to partially undo the injunction issued by the district court against the administration’s Title IX rules. The district court had previously issued an injunction against the administration’s illegal attempt to rewrite Title IX while the lawsuit, State of Tennessee v. Cardona, moves forward. Now, because of the 6th ...

ADF attorneys represent Carroll Independent School District in legal challenge to protect student privacy, safety

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Public Policy, regarding Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s signing Wednesday of HB 121, a bill that prohibits government entities from forcing public school employees and students to use inaccurate names and pronouns in violation of their sincerely held beliefs: “No one should lose their job or face punishment at school for declining to say something they believe is false. Words and language carry meaning, and when used properly, they communicate truth about the world. Yet ...

Ruling comes after ADF attorneys asked Kentucky district court to immediately halt administration’s illegal rewrite of federal law

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Natalie Thompson regarding a Louisiana district court’s ruling Thursday in Rapides Parish School Board v. United States Department of Education to halt the Biden administration’s illegal rewrite of Title IX while the lawsuit continues. This is the first preliminary injunction issued in the country that puts a stop to the administration’s unlawful Title IX rule: “The Biden administration’s radical redefinition of sex turns back the clock on equal opportunity for women, undermines fairness, and threatens student ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel and Vice President of U.S. Litigation David Cortman regarding a decision Sunday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit in L.M. v. Town of Middleborough that affirms a Massachusetts school’s decision to forbid a middle school student from wearing two T-shirts to school that say, “There are only two genders” and “There are [censored] genders”: “Students don’t lose their free speech rights the moment they walk into a school building. This case isn’t about T-shirts; it’s about a public school telling a ...