CURRENT BRIEFS

December 10, 2009—Croft v. Perry—The same atheist family that challenged Texas’ moment of silence law has now challenged Texas’ Pledge of Allegiance, which—like the US Pledge—contains the words “under God.”  We helped defend the Pledge.  Read the brief here.

November 18, 2009—Havard v. County of Wayne—A jail refused to give pre-natal care to a prisoner.  When the baby was born with severe birth defects, the jail tried to escape liability by invoking the awful Roe v. Wade opinion to claim the baby was not a “person” until after it was born.  We argued in our brief that the baby was entitled to protection despite Roe v. Wade.

November 5, 2009—Palmer v. Waxahachie Independent School District—The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals refused to apply a long-standing legal test that is very supportive of students’ free speech rights.  Instead it applied a much more restrictive test.  In this brief, we asked the Supreme Court to reverse this decision and protect the students’ rights.

October 20, 2009—Sherman v. Koch—An atheist activist thinks that it is unconstitutional for the school children of Illinois to have a moment of silence at the start of every school day.  We have filed a brief to explain that a moment of silence is constitutional! Read our brief here.

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.