The Independence Law Center is a public-interest civil rights law firm affiliated with the Pennsylvania Family Institute. Fox News - Randall Wenger: We need to give robust protection to religious Americans Randall Wenger, chief counsel for the Independence Law...
On April 18th, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Gerald Groff, a Lancaster County native who was refused any religious accommodation while working at the United States Postal Service. More and more Americans are joining in...
Independence Law Center has filed an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court in another critical case for religious freedom and free speech rights throughout the nation. The case, 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, began with founder Lorie Smith, a web designer and owner of...
Case Page Summary The Independence Law Center filed this case because county officials were forcing a church to pay taxes on their entire property and building as if they were a for-profit corporation - something no church should have to do. The result: a big win,...
By Emily Kreps The Independence Law Center, with assistance from attorney Lindsey Hoban of Ballard Spahr, obtained an important court victory on behalf of a small church in rural Northeastern Pennsylvania. In the case, Northmoreland Baptist Church v. Wyoming County...
Just got word this morning: our Independence Law Center, headed by attorney Randall Wenger, won the court case challenging the taxation of Northmoreland Baptist Church in NE PA. More to come...
Atheists are coming after us, and they’re using the courts to do it. It’s been happening for decades, and they scored the first victory in the conflict way back in 1963 right here in Pennsylvania, when atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair sued the Abington school district...
Just got word from our chief counsel, Randy Wenger, that the Independence Law Center won a victory for Child Evangelism Fellowship in a dispute with the Harrisburg School District over "Good News Clubs." More details to come.
The Independence Law Center just received good news in a case involving David Hockenberry, a mentally retarded man whose guardians sought court approval to refuse life-preserving medical treatment. Mr. Hockenberry is not permanently unconscious or suffering from...
Pro-life advocates at abortion clinics regularly risk arrest. The Independence Law Center is here to help. Just this week, two cases litigated by the Independence Law Center on behalf of pro-life counselors ended with successful settlements. Ed Snell was arrested...