LLI Highlights

LLI attorneys won, in an unanimous 9-0 vote, the Penley v. Westbrook case before the Texas Supreme Court. This was a landmark case in the state, the first determining whether the courts have the authority to interfere with internal church matters such as church discipline.

LLI attorneys argued before the Texas Supreme Court in the The HEB Ministries, Inc., et al. v. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, et al, the Texas Seminaries Case, which a U.S. Justice Department leader called "one of the most significant constitutional cases to be argued in a decade."

The Institute has won every case filed in the past three years, including a number of religious liberty cases which were the first of their kind.

The Institute has appeared in thousands of media interviews and stories, including Dateline NBC, USA Today, MSNBC, Good Morning America, NBC's Today Show, National Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, Austin American Statesman, San Antonio Express-News, CNN, CNBC, Dallas Morning News, Midland Reporter Times, New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, The Guardian (London), Toronto Star (Canada), KSBJ Radio, Mark Davis radio show, CBN (Christian Broadcasting Network), World Magazine, ABC News, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, LA Times, Dayside with Linda Vester, The O'Reilly Factor, The Big Story with John Gibson- Fox News.

LLI attorneys won the Barrow v Greenville I.S.D. case protecting millions of school teachers' rights to choose a private, Christian education for their own children (went to trial, won jury verdict & punitive damages).
LLI was selected to be part of the legal defense team representing the American Legion and its members all across the nation to protect veterans' memorials from religious discrimination.
LLI led testimony in the U.S. Senate in an important hearing on religious freedom and published a document, "Examples of Hostility to Religious Expression in the Public Square," which was the first of its kind, outlining hundreds of religious freedoms violations.
The Dallas Morning News quoted the Institute as "Group is the flip side to ACLU."

LLI played a major role in the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Confirmations of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito.

LLI has been featured in three books published nationally including The War on Christmas and The ACLU v. America.

LLI attorneys represented the Fraternal Order of Eagles in the Texas Ten Commandments case, Van Orden v. Perry, et al. before the U.S. Supreme Court. The Fraternal Order of Eagles was the group that donated the monument in question, as well as many other Ten Commandments displays across the nation. The Institute coordinated oral argument preparation and Amici for Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott.