by Jorge Gomez, Director of Content Strategy

After being fired over her religious beliefs, physician assistant Valerie Kloosterman can finally look forward to starting a new chapter in life.

We recently reached a favorable resolution with Valerie’s former employer, University of Michigan Health-West. Her stellar record as a medical professional is vindicated. Plus, she’ll receive a significant settlement to compensate for the discrimination she faced.
 
The settlement requires the company to create a religious accommodation policy, notify and train all its employees, and grant reasonable accommodations without retaliation.

First Liberty Senior Counsel Stephanie Taub appeared on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins to discuss why this is a win for all medical professionals at UMHW and across the state of Michigan.

Watch below:

In his latest book, Mark David Hall—Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy—tackles one of the most important questions in our nation’s history.

With a thoughtful and thorough approach, Did America Have a Christian Founding? Separating Modern Myth from Historical Truth debunks the assertion that America's Founders were deists who desired the strict separation of church and state.

Dr. Hall argues that the Founders were strongly influenced by distinctly Christian views and, as a result, that America undeniably had a Christian Founding.

According to Hall, it is crucial for Americans to acknowledge this past, particularly the principles that led to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. After all, the ideals and values set forth in those documents weren’t just intended to protect the rights and liberties of Christians, but for Americans of all faiths, as well as those who are not religious at all.

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by First Liberty Institute

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island recently reintroduced a bill that would end life tenure for U.S. Supreme Court justices. The legislation would limit each justice’s tenure to 18 years and give the President the power to select a new justice every two years.

While this “reform” at first may appear benign, it’s nothing more than an attempt to cancel justices. It’s simply the Supreme Court Coup by a different name.

Americans must understand that term limits for Supreme Court justices violate the Constitution.

Life tenure for Supreme Court justices has worked well for more than 230 years. America's Founders designed it as an essential component to ensure judicial independence. Judicial term limits would destroy one of the hallmark features of our system of government.

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