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Erik Zimmerman serves as Senior Litigation Counsel with the ACLJ. He joined the ACLJ as a student law clerk in 2003 and began working as a full-time attorney in 2005.
Erik has assisted clients in a variety of contexts, primarily in the areas of freedom of speech, religious liberty, and the sanctity of human life. He has also authored or co-authored numerous articles published in law reviews and law journals, such as the Stanford Law and Policy Review, on topics such as student free speech rights, parental rights in education, and the constitutionality of governmental displays of the Ten Commandments.
Erik graduated top of his class at Niagara University, where he received a B.A. in Political Science. He received his J.D. from Regent University School of Law, graduating third in his class, and also served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Regent University Law Review.
Recently, I presented oral argument s to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the case of Planned Parenthood Federation of America v. Center for Medical Progress. The case has significant implications for the future of investigations into illegal abortion practices and of...
Dating back to the Colonial era, the democratic system of government has been a fundamental part of American life. America has experienced wars, economic crises, scandals, election controversies, significant societal changes, and periods of turmoil, yet the fundamentals of our democratic system...
As the dust settled from the recent elections in Virginia and elsewhere, it became clear that education was a key issue. Recall elections against incumbent school board members reached record highs in light of parental dissatisfaction. Terry McAuliffe’s statement, “I don’t think parents should be...
As you may recall, the Biden Administration sued the State of Georgia to challenge certain provisions of the State’s election reform law that was enacted earlier this year. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), on behalf of hundreds of thousands of our supporters and 57 Members of...
In June, the Biden Administration sued the State of Georgia to challenge certain provisions of the State’s election reform law ( Senate Bill 202 ) that was enacted earlier this year. Some of the provisions at issue in the case include a ban on government entities mailing unsolicited absentee ballot...
For the past year, the ACLJ has represented three churches in a lawsuit challenging California’s ban on singing and chanting at indoor worship services throughout the state. After a series of positive developments, including the worship ban being repealed, the lawsuit was recently favorably...
Does a minor – a girl aged seventeen or younger, who is not emancipated – have an absolute right to obtain an abortion without notifying her parents, and without having a court review her situation? And to put it more bluntly, are Planned Parenthood and other abortionists free to pressure this...
Several years ago, undercover journalists from the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released a series of videos that documented criminal and unethical activities related to the sale of the organs and tissue of aborted babies. For example, an abortionist infamously joked, “I want a Lamborghini, ”
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