Press Releases
AFL Continues Investigating Biden DOJ’s Double Standards
WASHINGTON– Continuing its on-going investigation of the Biden Administration’s politicization of the Department of Justice, America First Legal has sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for all records explaining why the Biden Administration allowed two New York attorneys who firebombed a police van and bragged about injuring police officers to avoid terrorism charges. […]
VICTORY: Federal Court Vacates Biden’s Radical Anti-ICE Pro-Criminal Policies in AFL-Backed Lawsuit
WASHINGTON–This afternoon, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas issued a final judgment in a case brought by the great states of Texas and Louisiana against a Biden Administration policy that releases criminal aliens into American communities. The Court vacated the Biden Administration’s completely lawless policy for multiple reasons under the Administrative […]
New Investigation: AFL Launches Slate of FOIAs to Pry Loose Biden’s Election Meddling Plans
WASHINGTON–On Friday, America First Legal (AFL) filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with nineteen federal agencies, including the Department of Justice, seeking records of the Biden Administration’s plans for controlling the 2022 U.S. midterm elections. On March 7, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14019, titled “Promoting Access to Voting,” to address “significant obstacles” […]
Shilling for Democrats? AFL Requests Ethics Investigation of Biden Chief of Staff Ron Klain’s Retweets
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, America First Legal (“AFL”) asked the Office of Government Ethics (“OGE”) to investigate whether White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain has violated ethical standards prohibiting political officials from misusing federal office for financial gain. On May 22, 2022, Klain used social media to promote StrikePAC, a Democrat-affiliated political action committee whose […]
AFL Demands Texas School District Turn Over Materials Instructing School Counselors to Secretly Direct Children to a Private Company for “Gender Transitions”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this week, on behalf of its client Christine Parizio and pursuant to the federal Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment, America First Legal Foundation demanded that the Clear Creek Independent School District (CCISD) in League City, Texas, turn over materials instructing school counselors to secretly direct children considering “gender transitions” to a […]
Did Biden’s Chief of Staff Ron Klain Violate The Hatch Act? AFL Demands Answers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (“AFL”) formally requested that the Office of Special Counsel (“OSC”) investigate whether White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain violated the Hatch Act by using his official “@WHCOS” Twitter account to retweet partisan political messages, including promoting fundraising links for Democrat political activity. The Hatch Act prohibits government employees […]
AFL Continues Fight Against Biden’s Unlawful Vaccine Mandate, Files Brief in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
WASHINGTON, DC – America First Legal (“AFL”) continued its fight against the Biden Administration’s unlawful, unconstitutional vaccine mandate for federal employees, filing an amicus brief in a case pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Feds for Medical Freedom v. Biden. In the brief, AFL asks the Fifth Circuit to […]
Fairfax County School Board Punts on Changes to Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook After America First Legal Sends Letter Warning of Potential Constitutional Liability
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Yesterday, America First Legal sent a letter to the Chair of the Fairfax County School Board in Fairfax County, VA informing the board its proposed changes to Student Rights and Responsibilities handbook, Regulation 2601.36P, contribute to an unconstitutional disciplinary regime targeting young elementary school students, those in 4th through 6th grades. Today, following […]
AFL Successfully Pushed Biden Administration To Release Agency “Equity Action Plans”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On April 14, 2022, two weeks after America First Legal Foundation (AFL) filed its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, President Biden finally released the Equity Action Plans he had requested from each federal agency under Executive Order 13985, entitled “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.” […]
America First Legal Releases Primer On Biden Administration’s Globalist Plan To Surrender U.S. Sovereignty To WHO
Washington, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (“AFL”) released a detailed primer on the Biden Administration’s plans to “strengthen” the World Health Organization (“WHO”). The Biden Administration is committed to sacrificing the sovereignty of the United States by collaborating with global elites and far-left domestic allies to “strengthen” the corrupt WHO. Under the guise of […]
AFL, Texas Take Decisive Action To Stop Biden From Codifying “Catch-and-Release” At the Border Into Law
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, partnering with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the State of Texas, America First Legal filed a motion for Preliminary Injunction in its case against the Biden Administration’s Departments of Justice and Homeland Security for their unlawful and radical attempts to codify catch-and-release. On March 29, 2022, the Biden Administration published an […]
AFL Sues Biden Admin For Records Relating To Leniency For A BLM Rioter And Arsonist
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s Department of Justice for withholding records relating to its recommendation that a career criminal who committed arson and killed a man during the Minneapolis riots of 2020 should receive a reduced sentence because he “was in the streets to protest […]
America First Legal Statement on Title 42 Preliminary Injunction
Statement from AFL President and Founder, Stephen Miller: “We are gratified that the District Court has issued this Preliminary Injunction to stop the Biden Administration from rescinding Title 42 and turning our already unimaginably catastrophic border nightmare into an even more unimaginable hellscape. America First Legal is proud to working alongside Texas and the other […]
America First Legal Outlines Roadmap And Threatens Litigation To Stop Biden From Surrendering US Sovereignty to WHO
Radical Globalists in Biden Administration Use Pandemic As Pretext To Make Americans Subservient To Foreign Powers; America First Legal Warns Any Incursions on Our Sovereign Liberties Will Face Swift Legal Action Washington, D.C.—Today, America First Legal Foundation (AFL) sent an official and powerful legal warning to the Biden Administration regarding its plans to potentially relinquish […]
Investigation: AFL Demands FDA Records On Nationwide Formula Shortage
Washington, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (“AFL”) initiated an investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s (“FDA”) role in the current nationwide baby formula shortage. AFL filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain records that will show if, and when, the FDA began preparing for this shortage and what, if any, steps […]
BREAKING: Biden Administration Admits to Releasing Nearly One Million Illegal Aliens into the United States Since January 20, 2021–Not Including Gotaways and Unaccompanied Minors
Washington, D.C.— Today, the Biden Administration–via new court filings in Texas v. Biden–reported numbers for April that confirm that they have cumulatively released nearly one million illegal aliens into the United States in a mere 16 months. This number does not account for unaccompanied alien children who are smuggled into the United States and released […]
AFL SEEKS RECORDS FROM DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ABOUT SUPREME COURT OPINION LEAK
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, America First Legal asked the Department of Justice for any information it may have regarding the May 2, 2022, leak of the Supreme Court’s draft majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Committed both to the principle that our country must uphold the rule of law and to […]
AFL Urges Supreme Court to Enforce Federal Anti-Discrimination Law and Prohibit Harvard from Using Race In Admissions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, America First Legal filed a brief urging the Supreme Court of the United States to enforce federal anti-discrimination law as written and prohibit race-based admissions at universities that accept federal funds. For nearly 60 years, federal anti-discrimination statutes have clearly and unambiguously prohibited all forms of racial discrimination at universities […]
AFL Sues Biden Admin Over Records Relating To Purging Christians, Conservatives From The Military
AFL Sues Biden Admin Over Records Relating To Purging Christians, Conservatives From The Military WASHINGTON–Yesterday, America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration to compel the release of records relating to the Department of Defense’s role in supporting an “ideological cleansing” of political conservatives and Christians from the military. In May […]
AFL Files Brief Urging SCOTUS To Rein In The Corporate Media’s Power To Lie With Civil Impunity
WASHINGTON, DC –Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a brief at the Supreme Court of the United States, urging the Court to grant Dr. Carter Page’s petition for a writ of certiorari and to reconsider its decision in New York Times v. Sullivan. Dr. Page’s case arises out of the Russia Collusion hoax—a political dirty […]
AFL Continues Fighting for Border Security: Files Supplemental Brief with SCOTUS in Texas v. Biden
Supports States’ Position that Federal Court Has Jurisdiction to Hear “Remain in Mexico” Case WASHINGTON, DC – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a second amicus brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in the critically important case, Texas v. Biden. As background, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case on February […]
AFL Hits Back Against Biden DOJ’s Lawsuit Over The Texas Heartbeat Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, America First Legal filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which asks the federal appeals court to throw out the Biden Administration’s lawsuit over the Texas Heartbeat Act. The Biden Administration sued the state of Texas last September after the Texas Heartbeat Act took effect, […]
AFL Requests Investigation Into Loudoun County School Board Member For Repeatedly Violating The Hatch Act & Attempting to Influence Political Elections
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal asked the Department of Education (ED) to request an investigation from the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) into alleged Hatch Act Violations of a Loudoun County School Board Member. The Hatch Act works to keep our politics clean. Its purpose is to prevent officials from using their official […]
America First Legal Files Brief in Voting Rights Act Case
Asks SCOTUS to Declare Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act as Unconstitutional WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, America First Legal (AFL) filed an amicus brief at the Supreme Court of the United States in a case involving the State of Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan. In its brief, AFL asks the Supreme Court of the United […]