For Immediate Release: 06-27-2025 Contact: Josue Sierra, media@indlawcenter.org Direct: 202-430-0282 The following statements are in response to the decision from the Supreme Court of the United States in Mahmoud v. Taylor. # # # The following statement can be attributed to Randall Wenger, Esq. Chief Counsel at Independence Law Center: "This landmark decision underscores the essential…
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For Immediate Release: 06-26-25 Contact: Josue Sierra, media@indlawcenter.org Direct: 202-430-0282 The following statements are in response to the decision from the Supreme Court of the United States in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic: # # # Statement from Janice L. Martino-Gottshall, Senior Counsel, Independence Law Center: “Today’s Supreme Court decision affirms the vital…
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For Immediate Release: 06-18-25 Contact: Josue Sierra, media@indlawcenter.org The following statements are in response to the decision from the Supreme Court of the United States in U.S. v. Skrmetti: The following statement can be attributed to Randall L. Wenger, Esq., Chief Counsel, Independence Law Center "Today’s decision from the U.S. Supreme Court is a decisive affirmation of the right—and…
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The court refused to move the doctor’s trial even one day to allow him to observe Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Harrisburg, PA—First Liberty Institute and Winston & Strawn LLP, on behalf of the Jewish Coalition for Religious Liberty, the Coalition for Jewish Values, and the Louis D. Brandeis Law Society, and the Independence Law Center filed friend-of-the-court briefs…
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(Harrisburg, PA - April 3rd, 2025)—U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins sent a letter to First Liberty Institute and the Independence Law Center (“ILC”) announcing that his office has taken action to stop a speech code for chaplains threatened by the Coatesville (PA) VA Medical Center. The decision ensures that First Liberty and ILC client Chaplain Rusty Trubey and his chaplain colleagues…
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The following statement can be attributed to Jeremy Samek, Senior Counsel, Independence Law Center, in response to Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) change of policy regarding girls’ sports. # # # "The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) took an important step in restoring safety, fairness, and opportunity in girls’ sports by aligning its policy…
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