Advocating for Religious Freedom in Saudi Arabia
Imagine living day to day afraid for your own life because you worship Jesus Christ. To make matters worse, what if it is your own government that is sponsoring the threat, or even is the threat itself? Tragically, this is the reality millions of Christians face every day around the world. The ACLJ...
National Security Proclamation Nearing Decision
The legality of President Trump’s National Security Proclamation will be decided soon by the United States Supreme Court. The Court will hear oral argument on April 25th and should be issuing a decision by the end of June. In February, the American Center for Law and Justice (“ACLJ”) filed an...
Save Pastor Andrew from a Turkish Prison
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Pastor Andrew’s Trial Takes Bleak Turn
After one day of trial, the situation just took a bleak turn for Pastor Andrew. At the conclusion of the first day of his trial – a day filled with video testimony of secret prosecution witnesses whose voices and appearances were disguised – the Turkish judge ordered that Pastor Andrew be returned...
Opposing California’s Unconstitutional Laws
Recently, the State of California passed several laws designed to advance California’s open-borders agenda and status as a sanctuary state. These laws, for example, restrict voluntary cooperation with federal immigration agents by employers and state and local law enforcement agencies when it comes...
Vietnam Sentences Pastor to 15 Years
The world is becoming increasingly more hostile for Christians all over the globe and the U.N. needs to take action, or else its members need to be penalized. Recently we told you that the United States Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley sent a stern message to the world’s leaders: work with us to...
16 Facts About Pastor Andrew Brunson
American Pastor Andrew Brunson has been unjustly locked away in a Turkish prison for over a year and a half. His only “crime” is living out his Christian faith. After languishing in prison, cut off from his loved ones for over 18 months, his trial is slated to begin on April 16th. As the trial...
The U.N.'s Attacks on the State of Israel Must End
Israel has suffered many vicious jihadist attacks at the hands of Hamas and other terror organizations. While each is appalling enough, the atrocities are only compounded by continued attacks hurled against Israel from within the United Nations. The ACLJ has defended Israel’s interests at the...
5 Reasons Why the ICC Lacks Jurisdiction
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is once again preparing to pursue a war crimes investigation against Israel. These allegations of war crimes are brought by none other than the terrorist-led Palestinian Authority (PA) Unity Government that celebrates and rewards the murder of American and...
Iran's Attack On Israel's Airspace
Israel faces various threats to its peace and security from time to time, and has throughout its existence beginning in 1948. However, the threats from Hezbollah, Iran, Syria, and their ilk to the north are in sharp focus this week . Last Friday night Iran deployed a drone from Syria that...
John Kerry Reportedly Advising Anti-Israel Leader
It’s hard to imagine a former Senator and Presidential candidate who touted his love and service to this country advising a foreign leader with ties to recognized terrorist groups like Hamas, but former Secretary of State John Kerry may have done just that. News outlets have reported a London...
The Dangerous and Uncertain World We Live In
These are dangerous times, and the threat of war is greater now than at any time since the end of the Cold War, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday. Director Coats and Army Lieutenant General Robert Ashley, Jr., the director of the Defense...
ACLJ Supports National Security at Supreme Court
The American Center for Law and Justice (“ACLJ”) has filed an amicus (friend-of-the-court) brief in the United States Supreme Court urging the Court to continue to allow the full implementation of President Trump’s National Security Proclamation . The brief was filed with the support of the ACLJ’s...
4th Circuit Rules Against Security Proclamation
In a divided decision with a number of dissenting judges, a majority of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (thirteen active judges) affirmed a Maryland federal court’s injunction against the full implementation of President Trump’s National Security Proclamation . The Fourth Circuit stayed the...
Another Failed Obama False Narrative Defeated
Last Week President Trump signed an Executive Order indicating his intention of keeping the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GITMO) open. The move reverses an Obama-era Executive Order to close the military prison — a goal that the former President was unable to achieve before leaving office in...