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...
In a major victory for religious liberty, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has vindicated a chaplain who was wrongly punished for preaching a sermon on a chapter of the Bible his supervisor labeled “divisive”, reversed a Pennsylvania VA hospital’s effort to censor...
Religious residents at an apartment complex in Pennsylvania for senior citizens and people with disabilities received an unwelcome surprise in their mailboxes in March of 2025. The apartment complex sent a letter to all its residents, explicitly banning them from...
(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...
Decision means fewer religious employees will have to choose between their faith and their job. Washington, DC—Today, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court of the United States granted a victory to former postal carrier Gerald Groff against the United States...
