Law Matters — Episode 50
Attorneys Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discuss our amicus brief filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in Defending Education v. Sullivan, a challenge to the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA), which imposes gender ideology mandates in violation of the First Amendment.
Law Matters — Episode 46
Attorneys Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discuss our amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a First Amendment challenge under the free speech and freedom of religion clauses, to Colorado’s exclusion of Catholic preschools from participation
Law Matters — Episode 35
Attorneys Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discus our amicus brief in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Lisa Roy, urging the United States Supreme Court to hear an important case from Colorado. Our brief argues that a “jurisdictional barrier,” protects We the People from
Law Matters — Episode 34
Attorneys Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discuss our amicus brief filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Roake v. Brumley, supporting a Louisiana law requiring public schools to display a copy of the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
Roake v. Brumley — Amicus Brief
For a discussion of this case, see Law Matters Episode 34
Presentation on The Meaning of Rights and the Corruption of Language
Bill Olson gave a presentation today entitled “What is a Right? The Meaning of Rights and the Corruption of Language” at the Virginia Medical Freedom Alliance’s Medical Freedom and the Constitution: Protecting Yourself from Government Overreach conference.
Law Matters — Episode 28
Attorneys Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discuss our amicus brief in National Religious Broadcasters v. IRS, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. This brief argues that the Johnson Amendment, a 1952 modification to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC)
First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin — Amicus Brief
For a discussion of this case, see Law Matters Episode 29.
National Religious Broadcasters v. IRS — Amicus Brief
For a discussion of this case, see Law Matters Episode 28.
Law Matters — Episode 9
Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discuss our recent amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in Mahmoud v. Taylor, and the First Amendment’s “establishment of religion” and “free exercise” clauses.
Mahmoud v. Taylor — Amicus Brief
For a discussion of this case, see Law Matters Episode 9
Tingley v. Ferguson — Amicus Supporting Petition for Certiorari
Today, our firm filed an amicus brief in support of a challenge against Washington State’s ban on licensed counselors from providing biblical counsel on sexual morality to young people. Our brief argued that the state’s censorship law violates the First Amendment’s free speech clause and the free exercise of religion clause. We explained how the Washington Legislature, district
Paper: Government-Funded Vouchers Endanger Biblically Faithful Christian Education
Today, Bill Olson and Virginia attorney Rick Boyer released a paper they co-authored on behalf of Exodus Mandate entitled “Government-Funded Vouchers Endanger Biblically Faithful Christian Education.”
Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries — Amicus Brief Supporting Petition for Certiorari
Today, our firm filed an amicus brief in support of two owners of a specialty cake shop in Oregon. The owners were targeted because they are Christians and were fined by the state of Oregon for declining to design and create a wedding cake to celebrate a same-sex marriage. Our brief argued that Oregon’s public accommodations law defies the jurisdictional limit on government imposed by the
McCoy v. University of Virginia Health System — Supplemental Memorandum
Today, we filed a Supplemental Memorandum Regarding Governor Youngkin’s Executive Directive No. 2. The Supplemental Memorandum is in support of the Memorandum in Support of Injunctive Relief for Kaycee McCoy regarding the University of Virginia Health System’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Kaycee McCoy v. University of Virginia Health System — Reply Memorandum in Support of Injunctive Relief
Today, we filed a Reply Memorandum in Support of Injunctive Relief for Kaycee McCoy (see memorandum in support of injunctive relief here).
Kaycee McCoy v. University of Virginia Health System — Memorandum in Support of Injunction
Today, we filed a Memorandum in Support of Injunctive Relief for Kaycee McCoy (see complaint here). After a hearing on the request for a temporary injunction, the Circuit Court requested additional briefing on the temporary injunction factors.
The Memorandum argued that the freedom of religion recognized in Article I, Section 16 of the Virginia Constitution creates a jurisdictional barrier to the