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- 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 ...
- The March for Life Education and Defense Fund has been standing up for its right to operate according to its convictions.
- Carson v. Makin, which the U.S. Supreme Court heard in December, presents similar legal issues to ADF’s case A.H. v. French.
- Pro-life sidewalk counselors challenged a Pittsburgh law that prevented them from speaking freely.
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom President and CEO Michael Farris regarding Thursday’s Senate confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson as the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court: “ADF congratulates Ketanji Brown Jackson on her confirmation as the next associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The American people count on our courts to apply the laws as written, not engage in judicial policymaking. A justice therefore should interpret the Constitution faithfully and according to the original public meaning of the Framers who wrote it. Respecting the ...
- Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission, a Christian ministry serving the homeless, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its case.
- Gordon College, a Christian college in Massachusetts, is asking the courts to uphold its religious freedom.
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding President Joseph Biden’s nomination Friday of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to fill the current vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court: “A justice should interpret the Constitution faithfully and according to the original public meaning of the Framers who wrote it. While ADF doesn’t take a position on the merits of Supreme Court nominees, respecting the Constitution in this way is essential to protect our precious freedoms, including our first freedom—the right to peacefully live and work ...
- The ministerial exception allows religious organizations to be able to make employment decisions for ministers without government interference.
- Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization gives the Supreme Court a chance to correct its course on abortion jurisprudence.