Together, Let’s Make 2025 Another Landmark Year 

for Religious Freedom

President & CEO Kelly Shackleford talks about new legal battles, ongoing cases and exciting prospects for 2025—including the tremendous opportunity to help the Trump administration select originalist judges for the federal courts.

Historic Opportunities in Our Hands »

Dad’s Place Church: 

Our Door is Still Open for People in Need, All Day and All Night

City officials in Bryan, Ohio insist on shutting down Dad’s Place Church’s ministry to the most vulnerable. For now, Pastor Chris Avell can keep the church doors open. But the legal battle for this church isn’t over yet.

A Church that Loves Like Family »

Texts & Emails Expose New York Officials’ Hateful Comments Toward Jewish Congregation

First Liberty filed an amended complaint in federal district court to stop the Village of Atlantic Beach, New York from continuing its discrimination against our clients, Chabad of the Beaches, a small Jewish congregation.

Anti-Semitism Exposed »

First Liberty Scholar Dr. Stephen Presley 

Wins Two Book Awards

Dr. Stephen Presley, Senior Fellow at First Liberty’s Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy, received two prestigious awards for his book, Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World Like the Early Church.

Congrats Dr. Presley! »

Senators Push Constitutional Amendment 

for Supreme Court Term Limits

Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont introduced a resolution to impose term limits on future Supreme Court justices. This proposal is a radical and sweeping change to our judicial system.

A Threat to Judicial Independence »