Press Releases

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that America First Legal may proceed with its lawsuit challenging the Biden Admistration’s attempt to force doctors and medical professionals to engage in the sterilization and genital mutilation of children, which flouts every imaginable principle of medical ethics as […]

New Rule Would Significantly Increase Lawlessness Already Out of Control at our Nation’s Southern Border   WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, America First Legal Foundation (“AFL”), partnering with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and representing the State of Texas as outside counsel, sued the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security over a new rule that would radically reshape […]

WASHINGTON – Yesterday, in another major victory, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order dismissing all challenges to the Texas Heartbeat Act’s private-enforcement provision. This ensures that the Texas Heartbeat Act will remain in effect, as abortion providers are left without any means to enjoin the statute’s enforcement on a […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night, America First Legal submitted comments with the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) objecting to its February 24, 2022, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the meaning of “public charge” under the immigration laws. AFL argues that DHS’s proposed new rule will encourage the abuse of myriad public benefits by illegal aliens, […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, America First Legal partnered with the State of Texas to file a lawsuit and a motion for a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration’s plans to terminate Title 42 on May 23, 2022.  The Biden Administration’s disastrous open border policies and its confusing and haphazard COVID-19 response have combined to create […]

WASHINGTON, DC — This week, in a case involving a race-based admissions policy in the School District of Philadelphia, America First Legal joined as co-counsel in a lawsuit on behalf of Pennsylvania parents who will be harmed by the school district’s discriminatory, racist practices. In 2021, in the name of “antiracism” and “equity,” the School […]

At current abysmal deportation rate, it would take DHS 14.5 years to deport just the aliens DHS has released into the United States over the last 13 months. Washington, D.C. — In an amicus brief filed today with the Supreme Court of the United States in a case involving the Department of Homeland Security’s (“DHS”) […]

AFL Threatens Legal Action If Biden Flouts Federal Law to the Peril of the American People And Our Allies WASHINGTON, DC — Today, America First Legal (AFL) sent a letter to President Biden, threatening legal action to block any Biden Administration-Iran deal that is not submitted for Congressional review in compliance with the Iran Nuclear […]

Asserts Violation of Father’s First Amendment Rights to Inspect CRT Teacher Materials  WASHINGTON, DC — Across America, school districts–through boards, administrators, and teachers–seek to indoctrinate America’s children with woke, Marxist ideology.  Parents are being shut out of their children’s education and essentially told to stand down as schools seek to destroy the sacred relationship between […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, America First Legal filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and its component agency, the Office of Intelligence and Analysis, to compel the release of records relating to how DHS uses its intelligence capabilities on everyday citizens who happen to share conservative content on social media platforms.  In June […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, America First Legal filed an important lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to uncover information about its collaboration with big tech companies in determining what is “misinformation” and “disinformation.” In July, America First Legal submitted a FOIA request to uncover the degree to which […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, America First Legal (AFL) opened a new investigation, filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Biden Administration’s Department of Education seeking answers as to why it is abandoning implementation of Executive Order 13,899, and turning its back on Jewish college and university students across the country.  In […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In recent weeks, there have been repeated calls by prominent members on the left to take action–even impeach–Justice Clarence Thomas because of his wife’s political activities. As AFL has previously explained, this is nothing more than a continuation of the three-decade-long campaign to smear and discredit Justice Thomas because he does not […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. –Earlier this week, America First Legal (AFL) filed another set of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests with the U.S. Department of State (State) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), continuing its investigation into the extent of the Biden Administration’s ongoing use of the federal government’s influence over mainstream and social media companies. The […]