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The American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed its opening brief on Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, appealing a lower federal court ruling that denied AFLC’s motion for a preliminary injunction.  AFLC’s motion requested that the court order the King County, Washington, transit authority to…

Last Friday, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed its reply to the Solicitor General’s response to AFLC’s “Petition for Writ of Certiorari” in the U.S. Supreme Court, which requests that the Court grant review of its case challenging the Obamacare contraception mandate. AFLC is representing Priests for Life, a…

The American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed its opening brief last Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, asking the court to overturn a lower federal court’s dismissal of its case challenging the Obamacare contraception mandate.  The mandate forces certain non-exempt religious employers to authorize…

Today, the Ninth Circuit affirmed a decision by a lower federal court in San Francisco that upheld a school district’s ban on the wearing of American flag shirts on a California high school campus in 2010 during Cinco de Mayo (May 5th)—a Mexican holiday. AFLC Co-Founder and Senior Counsel Robert…

The American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) has filed a notice of appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, seeking review of a lower court ruling that denied AFLC’s motion for a preliminary injunction which requested that the court order the King County transit authority to display…

Last Friday, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a second federal civil rights lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) for rejecting a pro-Israel advertisement that raises awareness about violent jihad. The proposed advertisement – which states,…

Yesterday, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a “friend of the court” brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of two Christian businesses that are challenging the constitutionality of the Obamacare contraception mandate.  During this term, the Court will be deciding in Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. v. Sebelius…

Yesterday, the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) filed a “Petition for Writ of Certiorari” in the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court to grant review of its case challenging the Obamacare contraception mandate on behalf of Priests for Life, a nonprofit, Catholic organization; Father Frank Pavone, the National Director of…

Robert J. Muise, Co-Founder and Senior Counsel of the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC), will present oral argument on Tuesday, January 21, before a three-judge panel in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, asking the court to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of a civil rights…

Embroiled in a federal lawsuit that has sparked a fierce debate over the limits of government censorship, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) accepted yesterday a new pro-Israel / anti-jihad advertisement to run on MBTA buses.  On January 3, 2014, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), through its executive director,…