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March 25, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgWe are Winning the Battle for Human Life! Be a part of what God is doing at The Awakening 2013: Fighting for the Soul of America at First Baptist Oviedo on April 19-20, 2013! Sign ...
March 25, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgThis week, while reiterating the United States' commitment to defend Israel, President Barack Obama told Israeli university students that Israeli occupation of Palestine must end and ...
March 25, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgThe Kansas House of Representatives joins Arkansas and North Dakota in passing comprehensive pro-life legislation. As with Arkansas and North Dakota, Liberty Counsel will defend this ...
March 18, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgLiberty Counsel is working on a feature film to be released next year called Uncommon, starring Erik Estrada. Uncommon will help to educate teens, parents, and school ...
March 18, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgWhen Gov. Bryan signed the Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2013, Liberty Counsel pledged pro-bono legal support for school districts who are facing threats from ...
February 07, 2013 ~
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www.LC.orgFBI evidence revealed in court yesterday showed that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) spurred Floyd Corkins’ shooting spree at the Family Research Council last summer.Pleading ...
January 11, 2013 ~
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www.LC.org Today, the Alabama Supreme Court held that the word "child" in Alabama's chemical endangerment statute applies to the born and unborn in Ankrom v. State. Liberty Counsel's amicus brief ...
July 03, 2012 ~
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On the eve of Independence Day, when we celebrate the freedom our forefathers won for us at great sacrifice, it is a good time to reflect on the accomplishments of the year and to ...
April 06, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has dropped its appeal in Holder v. Pine against pro-life sidewalk counselor Mary “Susan” Pine, who is represented by Liberty ...
March 22, 2012 ~
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Washington DC – Liberty Counsel has agreed to represent Rev. Scott
Lively, an evangelical pastor who was sued in a Massachusetts federal
court by a foreign group called Sexual ...
March 06, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel announced today a new partnership with the pro-life organization, Personhood USA. This partnership will enable both Liberty Counsel and Personhood USA ...
March 02, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Washington, DC – An article entitled “After-birth abortion: Why should the baby live?” was recently published in the London-based Journal of Medical Ethics, advocating that if ...
February 27, 2012 ~
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Seaside, OR – Liberty Counsel filed a federal lawsuit
against the Public Library of Seaside, Oregon, for denying access for
an educational meeting that included religious content. ...
February 16, 2012 ~
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West Palm Beach, FL – An attorney’s polemic crusade against Jews for
Jesus took another blow this week, after the Fourth District Court of
Appeal in Florida affirmed over $56,000 ...
February 13, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel has two filed amicus briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court addressing both the Anti-Injunction Act and the Commerce Clause. Liberty Counsel represents ...
February 08, 2012 ~
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Sacramento, CA – Mathew Staver was appointed to the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference (NHCLC)
Board of Directors. The NHCLC is the nation’s largest Christian ...
February 07, 2012 ~
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San Francisco, CA – In Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the court issued a narrow 2-1 ruling,
finding that Prop 8 cannot limit the name “marriage” to opposite-sex
couples. The court did ...
January 31, 2012 ~
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Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a bill called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012
that will expand the nearly nonexistent exemption for religious ...
January 30, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Shawano, WI – Today the American College of Pediatricians sent a letter to the Shawano School District Superintendent, Todd Carlson, cautioning him to not react adversely to 15-year-old ...
January 23, 2012 ~
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www.LC.org Shawano, WI – Liberty Counsel is representing the Wegner family after school officials at Shawano High School censored and punished Brandon Wegner, a 15-year-old, for writing an op-ed ...
January 12, 2012 ~
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Washington DC - The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided
that under the First Amendment churches are entitled to a “ministerial
exception” and thus dismissed a wrongful ...
December 23, 2011 ~
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Orlando, FL – Between his campaign against President Gerald Ford in
1975-76 and his race against Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan delivered more
than 1,000 radio broadcasts, running about ...
December 14, 2011 ~
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West Palm Beach, FL – Mary Susan Pine, a Liberty Counsel client and
sidewalk counselor, is a picture of courage and moral strength. For the
last twenty years, she has spent virtually ...
December 13, 2011 ~
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Orlando, FL – Another Macy’s employee has contacted Liberty Counsel and
shared about repeated issues with men using the women’s fitting rooms.
This individual asked to remain ...
December 12, 2011 ~
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Threatens S. Korea with Retaliation if Christmas Lights are Displayed at the Border
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Washington, DC – You might be a communist if…You ban poinsettias from a
government school; You ...
December 09, 2011 ~
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Orlando, FL – Join Mat Staver and Natalie Johnson on America’s News HQ: Fox News Channel on Sunday, Dec. 11, between noon and 1:00 p.m., to discuss Macy’s policy that allows men to ...
December 05, 2011 ~
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San Antonio, TX – A young woman was fired from a Macy’s department
store for refusing to violate her religious beliefs by permitting a
young man dressed as a woman from entering ...
December 01, 2011 ~
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West Greenwich, RI – A Christian business owner has informed the Rhode
Island Governor that he may take back the Christmas tree he donated to
the State House for the annual Christmas ...
November 29, 2011 ~
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Livingston County, NY – Judge Robert Wiggins dealt a major setback
to New York Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg in the lawsuit brought
by Liberty Counsel against the same-sex ...
November 23, 2011 ~
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Orlando, FL – Just one day after coming under a firestorm for selling
“holiday” gifts and providing “holiday” shipping for gifts to arrive by
December 25th, Walgreens has ...
November 22, 2011 ~
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Orlando, FL – Two competing drug store chains have switched sides on Liberty Counsel’s “Naughty and Nice List.” For the first time since 2007 CVS Pharmacy has embraced Christmas ...
November 18, 2011 ~
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Nativity Scene is Still “Left Out in the Cold”www.LC.org
Charleston, SC – Liberty Counsel sent a letter
to a cancer treatment center, demanding it extend its reversal of a
decision to ban ...
November 14, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Today the U. S.
Supreme Court announced it will hear all arguments involving the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (commonly known as "ObamaCare").
Liberty ...
November 10, 2011 ~
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Fort Worth, TX — The Fort Worth Independent School District has issued a letter to Liberty Counsel fully vindicating high school freshman Dakota Ary, who was given in-school suspension ...
November 09, 2011 ~
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Giles County, VA – Today Liberty Counsel filed its Reply Memorandum of Law in Support of its Motion to Dismiss
a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Virginia against the Giles County School
...
November 09, 2011 ~
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Jacksonville, FL – Liberty Counsel sent a letter
to the Clay County School District, demanding it stop interfering with
constitutionally protected prayer prior to the start of the ...
November 04, 2011 ~
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Jackson, MS – On Tuesday, Mississippi voters will vote on a state
constitutional amendment which will recognize personhood from the moment
of fertilization, cloning or the functional ...
November 02, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel Action is informing
Senators that its members do not want the Defense of Marriage Act
(DOMA) repealed and that it will be including the vote in its ...
November 01, 2011 ~
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Howell, MI – The Gannett-owned media, Livingston Daily, a daily Michigan newspaper, has launched a war on Christmas. The general manager and editor of the paper sent a scathing email
...
October 31, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel has filed its Reply
Brief in Support of its Petition for a Writ of Certiorari with the United
States Supreme Court in the case of Liberty University v. ...
October 28, 2011 ~
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Orlando, FL – Today Liberty Counsel is launching its ninth annual “Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign,” pledging to be a “Friend” to those who recognize Christmas and a “Foe” ...
October 24, 2011 ~
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Kalispell, MT – The Knights of Columbus (KOC) has been ordered by the United States Forest Service to take down a World War II Memorial that includes a statue of Jesus erected in 1953 ...
October 20, 2011 ~
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Watsonville, CA – The Pajaro Valley Unified School District approved Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) of Santa Cruz County to distribute permission slips for it’s Good News Club ...
October 19, 2011 ~
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Chicago, IL – The United States Supreme Court has denied review of a
case decided by a federal appeals court in Chicago last year that ruled a
daily moment of silence as ...
October 14, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – An estimated 12 million students recited the Pledge of Allegiance in school for the first time 119 years ago on October 12, 1892. Following the ...
October 12, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court refused to review an important case involving natural marriage and family, thus allowing the federal court of appeals decision to stand. The case ...
October 10, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty University and two private individuals filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, requesting the High Court to review the case from the Fourth Circuit ...
September 28, 2011 ~
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Fort Worth, TX — Last week, high school freshman Dakota Ary was given in-school suspension for telling another student that he believes homosexuality is wrong because of his Christian ...
September 27, 2011 ~
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Kansas City, MO – Today Liberty Counsel filed a Petition
for Writ of Certiorari at the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Victory
Through Jesus Ministry Foundation (“Victory”) in ...
September 23, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – October 7-9 marks the sixth annual Values Voter Summit
at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Confirmed speakers
include Gov. Rick Perry, Rep. Michele ...
September 23, 2011 ~
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Fort Worth, TX — On Tuesday, high school freshman Dakota Ary was given
in-school suspension for stating in class that he believes homosexuality
is wrong because of his Christian ...
September 20, 2011 ~
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Jerusalem, Israel – As the Palestinian Authority (PA) leader, Mahmoud
Abbas, presses the United Nations to officially recognize the statehood
of the PA, Liberty Counsel sent a ...
September 19, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – President Obama’s proposed “American Jobs Act”
will repeal charitable tax deductions for certain taxpayers.
Eliminating tax deductions would allegedly raise ...
September 16, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court in FCC v. Fox.
The case involves a challenge by broadcast networks to the FCC decency ...
September 14, 2011 ~
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Giles County, VA – The ACLU of Virginia has filed a lawsuit against the
Giles County School Board after Narrows High School posted a display on
law with ten equal-size frames, one ...
September 13, 2011 ~
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Lynchburg, VA – Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty
Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, has been appointed
to a panel
of Legal Experts to address key ...
August 15, 2011 ~
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Phoenix, AZ – The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld new abortion
regulations which require any woman seeking an abortion to meet
face-to-face with the licensed physician performing the ...
August 12, 2011 ~
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Atlanta, GA – Today the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
in a 2-1 opinion that the individual mandate in Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (“ObamaCare”) exceeds ...
July 26, 2011 ~
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Cross City, FL – Today Liberty Counsel filed a Notice of Appeal
on behalf of Dixie County, Florida, at the Eleventh Circuit Court of
Appeals to defend the county’s Open Forum ...
July 25, 2011 ~
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Livingston County, NY – In response to the flagrant violations of the
New York state constitutional and legal procedures, Liberty Counsel has filed a law suit
in the New York Supreme ...
July 18, 2011 ~
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Roswell, NM – Liberty Counsel has filed a brief requesting summary judgment in the lawsuit Taylor v. Roswell against the Roswell Independent School District, for retaliating against a ...
July 13, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly
released a report that details the dangers for women who are considering
using Mifepristone, also known as the ...
July 12, 2011 ~
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Columbus, OH – Today the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld lower court rulings that a biological mother, Kelly Mullen, who had allowed her same-sex partner, Michele Hobbs, to “coparent” ...
June 29, 2011 ~
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Cincinnati, OH – Today the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of the federal government in the case of Thomas More Law Center v. Obama,
challenging the national ...
June 24, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Tens of thousands of Americans have signed our “Stand with Israel”
petition. Mathew and Anita Staver, founders of Liberty Counsel returned
from Israel and had ...
June 15, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Today national leaders signed a Freedom Federation letter
that is being hand-delivered to all members of the U.S. Congress,
urging them to balance ...
June 13, 2011 ~
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Lynchburg, VA – Today teens from across the country are gathered for
TeenPact Judicial, a weeklong combination of training and competition
for aspiring lawyers hosted by Liberty ...
June 06, 2011 ~
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Jackson, MS - Today Liberty Counsel will present oral argument
at the Mississippi Supreme Court, defending Personhood Mississippi and
Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann ...
June 03, 2011 ~
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West Palm Beach, FL – After having multiple counts repeatedly dismissed
in a lawsuit filed against Jews for Jesus, state circuit Judge Edward
Fine sanctioned attorney Barry Silver ...
June 02, 2011 ~
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Nashville, TN – The Tennessee State House of Representatives passed a resolution urging each county to permit the Ten Commandments to be posted in their respective courthouses. The ...
June 01, 2011 ~
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Richmond, VA – Late yesterday, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its Supplemental Brief at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, stating that the court has ...
May 26, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Goodwin Liu withdrew his name
yesterday as a nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the
Ninth Circuit, after last week’s unsuccessful cloture vote. ...
May 24, 2011 ~
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Hampton, TN – After Liberty Counsel intervened, graduation ceremonies
at Hampton High School and two other schools in the same district
included prayer in the graduation ceremonies ...
May 23, 2011 ~
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Bastrop, LA – Graduating seniors at Bastrop High School in Louisiana
did not let a complaint stop them from praying this past weekend during
their graduation ceremony. One student ...
May 20, 2011 ~
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Elizabethton, TN – The Hampton High School class president who expressed her desire to acknowledge God in prayer at her graduation has received support from Liberty Counsel which sent a ...
May 19, 2011 ~
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Irving, TX – Liberty Counsel sent a letter offering pro bono
legal representation to the Irving Independent School District after
the ACLU of Texas sent a demand letter threatening ...
May 18, 2011 ~
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Neptune, NJ – Liberty Counsel has sent a letter offering pro bono representation
to Neptune High School, after it was threatened by the ACLU with "legal
recourse" for continuing the ...
May 17, 2011 ~
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Orlando, FL – As students all around the country are celebrating their graduation, Liberty Counsel is at the forefront of protecting them by launching its annual “Friend or Foe” ...
May 11, 2011 ~
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Richmond, VA – Yesterday Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman of
Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, presented
the first oral argument at the federal ...
May 10, 2011 ~
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Richmond, VA – The oral argument in Liberty
University v. Geithner will be heard today, challenging the
constitutionality of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act at the ...
May 06, 2011 ~
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Richmond, VA – The oral argument in Liberty University v. Geithner
will be heard at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at
1000 East Main Street, Richmond, Virginia, on ...
April 20, 2011 ~
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Washington, DC – Liberty Counsel applauds the U.S. House of
Representatives’ choice of legal counsel to defend the federal Defense
of Marriage Act (DOMA). The U.S. House ...
March 11, 2011 ~
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Richmond, VA – Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver will present oral argument on May 10, 2011, at 9:30 AM Eastern Time in the case of Liberty University v. Geithner.
The ...
March 10, 2011 ~
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Floyd County, VA – Liberty Counsel applauds the decision
of the Floyd County High School administration to allow students to
display the Ten Commandments on the face of their ...
February 02, 2011 ~
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Richmond, VA – Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver will present oral argument the week of May 10-13, 2011, at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, ...
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