The National Legal Foundation - Supporting the Biblical Foundations of American Law

CURRENT BRIEFS

February 13, 2012—Department of Health and Human Services v. State of Florida (the Obamacare litigation)—In this United States Supreme Court brief, we point out that the Obamacare legislation violates the Free Exercise and conscience rights of people of faith by forcing them to pay for other people's abortions.

January 26, 2012—Morgan v. Plano Independent School District—In another Supreme Court brief, we are asking the Court to send a strong message to school officials all across the country: when you violate the rights of our school children you CAN be held accountable!

November 21, 2011—Rubin v. City of Lancaster—Once again prayers at town council meetings are being challenged. We argued in this brief that they are part of our national heritage and completely constitutional.

November 4, 2011—ACLU v. Dixie County—The ACLU is attacking the Ten Commandments again. And we are defending them again . . . with this brief.

WELCOME

Welcome to the National Legal Foundation!

The NLF is a Christian public interest law firm dedicated to the preservation of America's freedom and constitutional rights. Since the organization was founded in 1985, we have been actively involved in defending religious liberty throughout the courtrooms of the United States. Our efforts, however, do not stop at the courtroom door.

Our goal is to make the American people aware of the law's personal impact. The erosion of our religious freedom is real. If our leaders and citizens in communities across America are not aware of the danger, they will be ill-prepared to respond when their rights are violated. It is this lack of readiness that the National Legal Foundation seeks to remedy.

VICTORY!

When an anti-child pornography law was challenged, we helped defend it with this brief. The case is headed back to the trial court, BUT we obtained partial success when the court of appeals agreed with some of our arguments.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals strongly affirmed the religious rights of elementary school students, refusing to accept the argument that only older children deserve constitutional protection in schools. We supported the children and their parents with this brief.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the right of a Christian ministry to operate its homeless shelter and drug treatment program according to its religious convictions. Read our brief here.

The Ninth Circuit reversed a federal trial court that ruled that Sand Diego State University had not violated the free exercise and equal protection rights of Christian student organizations. This brief helped get the case sent back to the trial court.

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