Supreme Court halts execution of Texas inmate seeking to allow Buddhist spiritual adviser in death chamber
Supreme Court to hear new challenge to Obamacare contraception mandate
Pope meets with nuns fighting Obamacare
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Lori Windham on CNN Tonight debating the Indiana RFRA Bill.
Religious freedom laws: How some controversial cases panned out
Kristina Arriaga on CNN en Español to discuss the Indiana RFRA law
Becket Fund Attorney Lori Windham discusses Indiana RFRA on CNN
Becket Attorney Mark Rienzi discusses Indiana RFRA on CNN Live
Mark Rienzi discussing Indiana RFRA Law on CNN Tonight
Becket Attorney Lori Windham on CNN Legal View
Lori Windham on CNN Tonight
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Supreme Court to hear religious freedom case
CNN, February 24, 2015
But the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a nonprofit group with an interest in religious freedom, has filed a friend of the court brief supporting Elauf.
“Abercrombie’s claim is both absurd and a dangerous precedent for all people of faith seeking an exception,” Eric Baxter, a lawyer for the group,
“We want the court to recognize that the notice requirement has to be flexible,” said Baxter. “There can’t be some strict requirement that an employee has to say certain words before the employee’s religion is protected.”
Supreme Court says Muslim prisoner can keep beard
CNN, January 20, 2015
“This is a huge win for religious freedom and for all Americans,” said Eric Rassbach, Deputy General Counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Freedom who was co-counsel in the case. “What the Supreme Court said today was that government officials cannot impose arbitrary restrictions on religious liberty just because they think government knows best.”
Supreme Court to take up Obamacare contraception case
CNN, November 26, 2013
Kyle Duncan, general counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty and lead lawyer for Hobby Lobby, called the Supreme Court decision to hear the case a “major step” for the Greens and their business, and “an important fight for Americans’ religious liberty.”
High court at odds over prisoner’s religious right to grow a beard
CNN, October 8, 2014
Holt is being defended in court by the Beckett Fund for Religious Liberty, the same nonprofit group that backed two Christian families in a separate high court challenge earlier this year.
The Beckett Fund noted that groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and the Anti-Defamation League, along with Catholic bishops, are now backing Holt.
Justices to debate prisoner’s religious right to grow a beard
Court says ground zero cross can stay
CNN July 28, 2014
“This is an enormously important and common-sense ruling,” said Eric Baxter, counsel for Becket, which filed a brief supporting the museum’s right to display the cross, noting that the court drew an “important distinction” between religion and history and culture.
Lori Windham on CNN Newsroom, June 2014
Senior Counsel Hannah Smith shares breaking news of the Hobby Lobby victory on CNN Legal View.
Senior Counsel Hannah Smith shares breaking news of the Hobby Lobby victory on CNN @ This Hour.
Are corporations people?
CNN, March 25, 2014
“Ultimately, Hobby Lobby isn’t interfering with anyone’s access–they are simply saying they can’t provide a small handful of products the government admits may terminate a human life,” says Mark Rienzi, Senior Counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which represents the Hobby Lobby in the case vs. Sebelius.
Charity gets win for now over Obamacare on contraception
CNN “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” January 3, 2014
Fighting Obamacare’s ‘contraception mandate’
CNN, January 1, 2014
“Without Justice Sotomayor issuing the injunction, they would be facing fines today that add up to millions of dollars a year,” said Blomberg.
‘Under God’ part of Pledge of Allegiance under review in Massachusetts
CNN, September 3, 2013
“They’re grasping at straws” said Eric Rassbach of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the attorney arguing to leave the pledge as it is. “They know they would lose again if they tried it under the First Amendment, so now they are trying a new tack.”
Kyle Duncan on CNN discussing proposed HHS rule
Kyle Duncan discusses Hobby Lobby on CNN Newsroom
Luke Goodrich of the Becket Fund on CNN
CNN.com: Graffiti is illegal; anti-Islam remarks are not
Just as patriotism was renewed while Americans mourned on 9/11, it flourishes again less than 10 years later as we celebrate the long-awaited justice finally served by Osama bin Laden’s death.
But while we celebrate, we must guard against condemning Islam as the force behind bin Laden’s reign of terror. As President Obama stated in his speech announcing the mass murderer’s death, we are not at war with Islam. Bin Laden and his extremist cohorts have wreaked havoc on Muslims and non-Muslims alike, across the globe.
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