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Faith & Justice
American Catholic Lawyers Association
DEFENSE OF THE FAITH
in public discourse and debate.
CATHOLIC APOLOGETICS
explaining the truths of the Catholic Faith and refuting attacks against it in formal debate and apologetical literature.
Defending life, First Amendment liberty, the Catholic faith, and the rights of Catholics in America
PRO BONO FEDERAL AND STATE COURT LITIGATION
on behalf of Catholic plaintiffs and defendants whose civil rights are being violated on account of their Catholic Faith in the spheres of pro-life activity, employment and the right to worship God in both private and public manifestations of the Faith.
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News and Recent Developments
2020 - ACLA Joins forces with Thomas More Society in Chicago to Broaden the Scope of Its Pro-Bono Legal Representation in America
August 2019 - Law Professor Settles Discrimination Claims Against University of Oklahoma
June 2019 - ACLA Defends Injunction Proceeding in Federal Court.
April 2019 -Summons against Pro-Life Pregnancy Center Withdrawn
December 2018 - EEOC COMPLAINT FILED ON BEHALF OF INVESTMENT ADVISOR FIRED FOR DEFENDING MARRIAGE
November 2018 - PRO-LIFE ADVOCATE ACQUITTED OF CRIMINAL CHANGES; COURT FINDS NO LEGAL BASIS.
October 2018 - ACLA DEFENDS AGAINST "FISHING
EXPEDITION" DEPOSITIONS BY NY ATTORNEY GENERAL
September 2018 - FEDERAL HARASSMENT OF PRO-LIFE ADVOCATES CONTINUES IN KENTUCKY -- DESPITE TRUMP’S ELECTION
August 2018 - FALSE ARREST SUIT FILED ON BEHALF OF CATHOLIC PROTESTING DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT OF CAMPUS NEWMAN CLUB
July 2018 - EXPECTANT MOTHER CARE AND CHRIS SLATTERY UNDER GOVERNMENT ATTACK AGAIN
April 2018 - VICTORY IN OKLAHOMA! CIVIL RIGHTS SUIT SETTLED WITH JUDGMENT AGAINST OKLAHOMA CITY
December 2017 - TRIAL COURT NARROWS SCOPE OF DOCUMENT PRODUCTION FOLLOWING APPELLATE DECISION HOLDING THAT ATTORNEY GENERAL SUBPOENA VIOLATED FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF EMC CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER
November 2017 - SATANIST DEPOSED IN OKLAHOMA CIVIL RIGHTS SUIT
October 2017 - CITY OF NEW YORK CONTINUES TO PURSUE EMC CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER
October 2017 - CASE DISMISSED AGAINST CATHOLIC ARRESTED FOR PROTESTING ABOLITION OF CATHOLIC CHAPEL AT CCNY
September 2017 - ACLA DEFENDS FEDERAL LAWSUIT FILED BY OBAMA HOLDER AGAINST PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS
June 2017- APPELLATE COURT QUASHES AND LIMITS NY ATTORNEY GENERAL SUBPOENA ISSUED TO HARASS EMC CRISIS PREGNANCY CENTER, HOLDING EMC'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS VIOLATED
March 2017 - CIVIL RIGHTS SUIT PROCEEDS IN OKLAHOMA FEDERAL COURT
November 2016 - ACLA CIVIL RIGHTS LAW SUIT SERVED IN OKLAHOMA
August 2016 - ACLA WINS VICTORY IN OKLAHOMA! APPEALS COURT TOSSES CONVICTIONS OF JOAN ANDREWS BELL IN "BLACK MASS" PROTEST CASE... more
May 2016 - ACLA INTERVENES IN PLANNED PARENTHOOD VIDEO CASE
May 2016 - TWO MAJOR DECISIONS EXPECTED
April 2016 - STATEMENT ON INDICTMENT OF PRO-LIFE ACTIVISTS IN PLANNED PARENTHOOD VIDEO CASE
December 2015- ACLA VICTORY DISMISSING CRIMINAL HARASSMENT CHARGE ON PRO-LIFE COUNSELOR
October 2015- ACLA FILES APPEAL BRIEF IN OKLAHOMA "BLACK MASS" CASE
July 2015 - COUNTY AGREES TO PROVIDE FIRST AMENDMENT TRAINING TO POLICE OFFICERS FOLLOWING ACLA SUIT
ACLA has entered into an alliance with Thomas More Society of Chicago, continuing the mission of defending religious liberty by providing an Eastern Regional Law Office for the Society.
ACLA and Thomas More Society share an identical mission in providing pro bono legal representation to American citizens whose civil liberties have been violated. As such, the donations and bequests which our firms receive for this purpose make it possible to continue this very important pro bono work on behalf of our clients and the American public.