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Filed in: Free Speech | by ACLJ.org | 9:23 AM May. 22, 2013
White House Claims False: IRS Targeting Ongoing
The White House assertion that the IRS misconduct of targeting conservative groups ended in May 2012 does not match the facts. The ACLJ has received 26 IRS questionnaires sent to 18 clients during the past year – letters demanding further intrusive and intimidating questions, with the latest inquiry coming just days before the IRS revealed its targeting scheme. During the daily news briefing on Monday, White House press secretary Jay Carney told reporters: “The misconduct had stoppe... Continue Reading
Filed in: Free Speech | by ACLJ.org | 12:22 PM May. 13, 2013
IRS Must Approve Tax-Exempt Status for 10 Tea Party Groups Calling IRS Targeting Scheme "Dishonest" and "Notoriously Disgraceful"
The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which represents nearly 30 Tea Party organizations nationwide, today sent the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a letter demanding that it grant tax-exempt status immediately to 10 Tea Party groups which have been targeted for additional review. Of the 27 Tea Party groups represented by the ACLJ, 15 have been granted tax-exempt status and today’s demand letteraddresses the status of the 10 organizations that are pending. The ACLJ demands that th... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Edward White | 1:06 PM Apr. 30, 2013
ACLJ Files Opening Brief in the Gilardi HHS Mandate Appeal
The American Center for Law & Justice has filed its opening brief in Gilardi v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, an appeal pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. We represent Frank and Phil Gilardi and their two companies, Freshway Foods and Freshway Logistics. The Gilardis are Catholic, and they run their companies pursuant to their faith. In keeping with their Catholic faith, the Gilardis have ensured for the past decade that th... Continue Reading
Filed in: Middle East Turmoil | by Tiffany Barrans | 10:19 AM Apr. 18, 2013
ACLJ Joins Global Coalition to Highlight Plight of Christians in Syria
This week, the ACLJ joined members of a global coalition named the Religious Liberty Partnership (RLP) expressing our concern and support for Syrian Christians and other ethnic and religious refugees facing persecution and displacement because of the conflicts in Syria. Last month, the ACLJ joined the members of RLP, which represents religious organizations from twenty different countries, to discuss the most critical issues of international religious freedom. Each year at its global consultatio... Continue Reading
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Filed in: ObamaCare | by Edward White | 10:16 PM Mar. 29, 2013
ACLJ Obtains Fifth Injunction Against HHS Mandate
We received wonderful news late this afternoon that the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit had granted an injunction in favor of our clients, Frank and Phil Gilardi and their two companies, preventing application of the HHS Mandate against them until their appeal is fully resolved. The Mandate was set to apply on April 1st, when the companies’ health plans were to be renewed. The Gilardis, who are brothers, own Freshway Foods and Freshway Logistics. These ... Continue Reading
Filed in: Pro Life | by Walter M. Weber | 4:12 PM Mar. 28, 2013
ACLJ Presents Testimony on Pro-Life Heartbeat Bill
I testified on Mar. 26, 2013 in Topeka, Kansas at a state legislative hearing on a new pro-life bill, the Kansas Heartbeat Bill. The bill is modeled on the Ohio Heartbeat Bill, which law professor David Forte and I helped draft. The Ohio Heartbeat Bill is the brainchild of Janet Folger Porter of Faith2Action. Porter and Prof. Forte also testified at the Kansas hearing. Others testifying in support of the bill included state Rep. Pete DeGraaf, lead sponsor of the bill, and Troy Newman of Operatio... Continue Reading
Filed in: Free Speech | by CeCe Heil | 3:55 PM Mar. 28, 2013
The ACLJ Protects the Distribution of Easter Event Flyers at Elementary School
An elementary school in Seekonk, Massachusetts refused a Christian student’s request to allow distribution of Easter event flyers, while allowing other students to distribute non-religious flyers. The student’s mother contacted the ACLJ informing us that the school’s Principal confiscated the flyers. When the mother contacted the Principal, she was told that “these kinds” of materials are not allowed to be distributed on campus. However, the Principal said that the ... Continue Reading
Filed in: Free Speech | by ACLJ.org | 9:51 AM Mar. 28, 2013
Victory After Victory…and More Coming: Latest Update on the Tea Party Cases
Last December, we updated you on our work in representing many Tea Party and other conservative groups from across the country in response to IRS refusal to grant tax-exempt status to these organizations. Many Tea Party and conservatives groups were originally targeted by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) earlier last year, but later won tax-exempt status after more than a year-long fight by the ACLJ. In March of last year, ACLJ Senior Counsel David French told you that the ACLJ had been cont... Continue Reading
Filed in: Equal Access | by ACLJ.org | 10:25 AM Mar. 27, 2013
Another ACLJ Victory for Equal Access
Recently, the ACLJ received a request for legal help regarding a high school’s refusal to recognize a Christian club as an official student organization. Our client, a student in the 11th grade at Monticello High School in Monticello, New York, was interested in starting a Christian club for students who would like to meet on campus during non-instructional time to pray and discuss Christian teachings. To date, the school had recognized a variety of student clubs that were permitted to m... Continue Reading