New York high school won’t accept pro-freedom student club
Harrison High School recognizes 33 different clubs but repeatedly denied conservative group access to resources, ability to recruit members Wednesday, June 03, 2020 HARRISON, N.Y. – Alliance Defending Freedom sent a letter Tuesday to officials with Harrison Central School District after they refused to officially recognize a conservative student club. The letter explains that the refusal to recognize […]
New initiative seeks to change unlawful policies at public colleges, universities
ADF sending letters on behalf of Young Americans for Liberty to 30 US schools, two of which have already made revisions WASHINGTON – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a non-partisan political student organization have launched a new legal effort to change unconstitutional policies at public colleges and universities across the country by sending 30 letters […]
ADF sues Univ. of N. Texas on behalf of math professor fired for joke about ‘microaggressions’
Department head said he didn’t agree with professor’s views, fired him immediately without following university’s own procedures SHERMAN, Texas – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed suit in federal court Thursday on behalf of a University of North Texas professor in Denton fired for criticizing flyers about “microaggressions” that someone left anonymously in the mathematics department’s […]
Georgia Tech faces lawsuit for discriminating against MLK’s niece
Student government denied funding to club sponsoring Alveda King event because she is ‘inherently religious’ like her uncle ATLANTA – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing the Students for Life chapter at Georgia Tech filed suit in federal court Wednesday after the university’s student government denied funding for a speaking event featuring Alveda King, the niece […]
Faith-based campus groups at U of Iowa: We have right to determine our leaders like others
ADF attorneys file friend-of-the-court brief at 8th Circuit ST. LOUIS – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, on behalf of faith-based campus organizations, filed a friend-of-the-court brief Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit that asks it to uphold a district court’s ruling in favor of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. That decision allows each […]
Atheists, Jews, Muslims, Catholics file support at US Supreme Court for student free speech rights
WASHINGTON – An ideologically diverse array of groups submitted friend-of-the-court briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court this week that ask it to take a case filed by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys on behalf of two former college students seeking to vindicate their constitutionally protected freedoms. The parties supporting the former students include atheist, Jewish, Catholic, […]
The Legal Promise and Sobering Reality of the Fight for Free Speech on Campus
High-school athletes file suit to protect fairness in girls’ sports
ADF attorneys represent female track competitors marginalized by Connecticut’s allowance of boys in their events HARTFORD, Conn. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing three female high-school track competitors and their mothers filed suit in federal court Wednesday to challenge Connecticut’s policy of allowing males to compete in girls’ sports—a policy that robs female athletes of […]
Univ. of Wisconsin restricts student expression in public outdoor areas of campus
River Falls campus forbids student conversation without advance permission, student group recognition RIVER FALLS, Wis. – Alliance Defending Freedom sent a letter Tuesday to officials with University of Wisconsin–River Falls on behalf of a student after a school administrator informed her that she could not engage in expression in the public outdoor areas of campus without paying […]
Religious school groups: Our freedom to decide who teaches our faith should be respected
ADF files brief on behalf of Christian schools, associations asking Supreme Court to affirm their freedom from undue govt interference WASHINGTON – Alliance Defending Freedom, together with Troutman Sanders, one of the country’s largest and most respected law firms, filed a friend-of-the-court brief Monday with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of several Christian education associations and a […]