Liberty Counsel Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2012 to Jun 30, 2013

Signed

Nov 5, 2013

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$3,931,621

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

LITIGATION: (See Schedule O for description.)LC staff includes attorneys who assist individuals, organizations, and churches on a pro bono basis with legal issues regarding religious liberty, the sanctity of human life, and the family. LC is committed to representing clients without regard to their ability to pay. Without assistance, most clients could not afford to assert their constitutional rights in court. LC handled more than 800 telephone calls for legal assistance during the past fiscal year. A total of 138 cases are currently in active litigation or pre-suit status under LC management. Although the vast majority of legal situations brought to LC are resolved without litigation, others are filed in federal and state courts across the United States. Litigation that is publicized through our media outreach also serves an educational purpose by informing the public regarding constitutional law.Quality in litigation is of paramount importance to LC, especially since most of the cases falling within its mission are likely to create important legal precedent for future cases. In a well-documented doctoral dissertation, Professor Hans Hacker concluded that LC accomplishes more with its resources than any other similar legal organization.The following brief synopsis of the hundreds of cases and other legal actions LC undertook for the fiscal year ending 2013 is just a sampling of the actual activities. The highlights of LC's activities listed below illustrate its motto: Restoring the Culture by Advancing Religious Freedom, the Sanctity of Human Life, and the Family.Advancing Religious Freedom:Obtained a favorable ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court on our "ObamaCare" (Affordable Care Act) lawsuit (Liberty University v. Lew), in which the Court ordered the court of appeals to rehear outstanding issues that have not yet been ruled upon. Our case is the only one that challenges the employer insurance mandate, the abortion mandate for employers and individuals, as well as the entire bill as a violation of the Constitution, which requires that tax bills originate in the House. The case was argued at the court of appeals in May 2013. Won a 3-0 precedent-setting victory at the federal court of appeals for Child Evangelism Fellowship Good News Clubs after a Minnesota school district restricted the Christian club from meeting because it did not want its Christian message. Resolved many cases involving Child Evangelism Fellowship in multiple states where school districts formerly discriminated against the Good News Clubs in terms of use of the facilities, time of use, fees, and announcements or advertisements. Obtained court-awarded sanctions amounting to more than $100,000 at both the trial and appellate court levels against a Florida attorney who repeatedly filed frivolous and hostile pleadings against Jews for Jesus. Won a major victory defending the Giles County School Board in Virginia after the ACLU sued a high school regarding the posting of the Ten Commandments. The school district now has displays depicting the Foundations of American Law and Government showing the Ten Commandments as the root of American law and Western Civilization. One document entitled "Roots of Democracy" contains a graphic of the Ten Commandments with Mount Sinai in the background, followed by the language, "The values found in the Bible, including the Ten Commandments and the teachings of Jesus, inspired American ideas about government and morality." Successfully defended Dixie County, Florida, at the court of appeals in a Ten Commandments case brought by the ACLU against a privately placed Ten Commandments monument on public property in an open forum. The ACLU was forced to dismiss its lawsuit. Won a federal lawsuit against the Public Library of Seaside, Oregon, after the library denied LC the right to meet in a community room because the meeting included religious content. Successfully defended a Florida pastor against the Miami-Dade School District Supe

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EIN

59-2986294