Month: August 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for illegally concealing federal records related to Biden government-sponsored censorship of the American people in advance of the 2022 midterm elections. On December 16, 2022, Matt Taibbi revealed in The Twitter […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) released three more tranches of emails (Productions 5, 6, and 7) from the National Archives in response to AFL’s request and lawsuit for records from Joe Biden’s time as Vice President in the Obama Administration and Hunter Biden’s corrupt foreign business dealings.  The latest documents reveal a […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, America First Legal (AFL) filed a brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to overturn a district-court ruling that purports to block enforcement of a Tennessee law protecting children from sexualized “drag shows.”  In Friends of George’s Inc. v. Steven Mulroy, the district court enjoined the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) launched a new investigation into the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding their “transgender” parent breastfeeding policies. In response to the question, “Can transgender parents who have had breast surgery breastfeed or chestfeed [sic] their infants?” the CDC website answers, “Yes.” However, the CDC advises […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – America First Legal (AFL) has filed a brief asking the Supreme Court of the United States to hear the case of Debra Vitagliano v. County of Westchester, No. 23-74. AFL is also asking the Court to overrule Hill v. Colorado, 530 U.S. 703 (2000), an egregious ruling that censors pro-life sidewalk counselors […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In January, America First Legal (AFL), representing Texas and partnering with a coalition of 20 other states, sued the Biden Administration to stop their new so-called  “parole” scheme. The program, as announced, would allow a further flooding of our country with legions of illegal aliens, only further worsening the worst immigration crisis […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the U.S. Department of Education regarding the National Summit on equal opportunity in higher education and the Biden administration’s attempt to undermine the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action. On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of […]

AFL Filed Brief Supporting Alabama’s Law WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the State of Alabama secured a massive win at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, in which the Court overturned a lower court order that had enjoined a law protecting children from chemical castration and other radical transgender procedures. America First Legal […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the Department of Justice regarding the Roanoke County School Board in Virginia. During a meeting in July 2023, Roanoke County Schools Superintendent Ken Nicely presented the new model policies to the board, which included critical provisions like ensuring students […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, America First Legal’s (AFL) co-counsel Wally Zimolong sent a letter to the Gettysburg Area School District on behalf of AFL’s client, Michelle Smyers, who is an elected school board member of the District, warning the District and its lawyers to stop obstructing Ms. Smyers’s performance of her lawful duties. The […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) launched a new investigation into the activity of Fulton County, Georgia’s District Attorney, Fani Willis. AFL requested records related to the cost of the office’s years-long investigation of President Trump and documents related to the rate at which the office declines to pursue felony charges in other […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, America First Legal (AFL) filed an amicus brief with the Arizona Supreme Court in the election contest of Arizona Attorney General candidate Abe Hamadeh.  Before the trial in this case had even started, election officials in Arizona had already finished a mandatory recount in this race. That recount showed that, because […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, America First Legal (AFL), Mitchell Law PLLC, and Ashbrook Byrne Kresge LLC filed a class-action lawsuit against Progressive Preferred Insurance Company, Progressive Casualty Insurance Company, and Circular Board LLC for engaging in patent racial discrimination by offering $25,000 grants to ten “black-owned small businesses to use toward the purchase of a […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, on behalf of our clients, America First Legal (AFL), Schaerr Jaffe LLP, and Joel Ard, sued the Governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, the Attorney General of Washington, Robert Furguson, and the Secretary of the Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Ross Hunter to stop the enforcement of Senate Bill 5599 […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) launched a series of state Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests regarding a letter written by twelve state attorneys general, all Democrats, to the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook, seeking to censor the views of American citizens in collusion with the UK-based pro-censorship organization, the Center for […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal’s (AFL) Center for Legal Equality filed a formal civil rights complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and sent a cease and desist letter to Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Activision) demanding that Activision stop using gender and racial preferences in hiring and internship programs and to again focus […]

Today, AFL issued the following statement from  Gene Hamilton, America First Legal Vice-President and General Counsel, in response to the indictments issued in Fulton County, Georgia: “This latest indictment is the definition of ‘political prosecution.’ Fani Willis is a failed District Attorney who has embarked on a politically-driven and legally-flawed prosecution, not to actually protect […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) released new capabilities on the Woke Wagon – a searchable database of Biden Administration political appointees.  AFL submitted FOIA requests to every department and agency across the federal government to obtain information about the Administration’s political appointees. AFL has obtained information from many departments and agencies. Many […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, America First Legal (AFL) and co-counsel Jonathan F. Mitchell filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Braidwood Management v. Becerra et al. to challenge unconstitutional Obamacare provisions allowing unaccountable bureaucrats to dictate the preventive care that private health insurers must cover. The Affordable […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal’s (AFL) Center For Legal Equality filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the Kellogg’s Company for engaging in illegal, race-based discrimination concerning employment and job training opportunities.  AFL also sent a letter to Kellogg’s CEO and Board of Directors, warning […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL), with co-counsel Boyden Gray PLLC and Lawson Huck Gonzalez PLLC, sued Target Corporation and its Board of Directors on behalf of Brian Craig, a Target shareholder, for betraying Target’s customers and shareholders with misleading representations about its Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL), with co-counsel Christopher Mills, filed a brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of Representatives Jim Jordan, Kelly Armstrong, Andy Biggs, Dan Bishop, Kat Cammack, Russell Fry, Lance Gooden, Harriet Hageman, Mike Johnson, Thomas Massie, Elise Stefanik, and Barry Moore […]

Today, AFL issued the following statement from  Gene Hamilton, America First Legal Vice-President and General Counsel, in response to the indictment of President Donald J. Trump: “On the heels of a sweetheart plea deal for Hunter Biden falling apart–which further exposed to the American people the extent of the rot and two-tiered system of justice […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the Southern Poverty Law Center’s (SPLC) annual “Year in Hate and Extremism.” The report targeted what they call the “anti-government movement,” which included national parents’ rights […]