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School board had denied Christian student club recognition, equal access to facilities open to other student groups

One student’s stand results in sweeping changes at a major Midwest university.

Protecting the right of a religious organization to use public facilities on the same basis as other community groups.

ADF attorneys available for media interviews Friday following hearing

ADF attorneys and Charitable Allies appeal decision that restricts free speech for students

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Tyson Langhofer, director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom, regarding a proposed friend-of-the-court brief ADF attorneys filed Wednesday on behalf of Young America’s Foundation, Manhattan Institute, and Southeastern Legal Foundation with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in Do No Harm v. Pfizer. In this case, the district court and the 2nd Circuit panel forced Do No Harm, a national association of medical professionals, students, patients, and policymakers working to protect the health care ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Travis Barham regarding a motion ADF attorneys filed Friday with a federal court asking it to prohibit the University at Buffalo and its Student Association from continuing to block Young Americans for Freedom from accessing the more than $6,000 that belongs to it: “First, officials at the University at Buffalo violated Young Americans for Freedom’s constitutionally protected freedom by punishing the group for affiliating with off-campus allies. Then after we filed this case, officials adopted a new policy that ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Matt Sharp, director of the ADF Center for Public Policy, regarding West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s signing Friday of SB 503, a bill to protect the First Amendment rights of student organizations at public universities: “Universities should encourage freedom of speech and religion, not shut it down. That includes safeguarding the ability of belief-based student organizations to associate with those who align with the organization’s mission and purpose. We wouldn’t require a Democrat club to select a registered ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Vincent Wagner regarding a petition for appeal ADF attorneys filed Thursday with the Supreme Court of Virginia in Ibañez v. Albemarle County School Board after the Virginia Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of their case in February. The petition asks the Court to hear the case of a diverse group of parents and their children who are suing the Albemarle County School Board for implementing a discriminatory policy that creates a race-based hostile environment in local schools and violates students’ free ...

The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Mathew Hoffmann regarding the State University of New York Cortland Student Government Association’s decision Monday to approve a Turning Point USA chapter as an officially recognized club after the student government originally voted to withhold recognized status from it: “SUNY Cortland students Gabriella Delorenzo and Megan Rothmund worked hard to form a TPUSA chapter at the university to bring together students who value freedom, free markets, and limited government. The Student Government Association rightly ...