Press Releases

Sacramento, CA – Pacific Justice Institute is announcing its second annual effort to encourage student clubs and churches to host baccalaureate services for high school seniors. For decades, baccalaureate services have provided meaningful spiritual encouragement to graduates. Yet not all communities … Read More

San Diego, CA – Pacific Justice Institute has submitted a friend-of-the-court brief to the United States Supreme Court in a closely-watched free speech and association case involving a law school chapter of the Christian Legal Society. The case, filed against UC … Read More

Sacramento, CA – The California Court of Appeal is considering the constitutionality of a Sacramento-area shopping mall’s attempt to prevent adult patrons from talking to each other about hot-button topics such as religion and politics. The case arose after a youth … Read More

Oakland, CA – Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists are seeking to oust an elderly Prop. 8 supporter from a theater board whose eleven members must be approved by the City Council. The Oakland City Council is expected to vote … Read More

Victorville, CA – Days after signing a contract for a third year at the cinema that it had been leasing, Loveland Church received a letter from its landlord that the agreement was terminated. Dated December 30th, the letter informed the Church … Read More

Washington, D.C. – The City Council for the District of Columbia passed a law allowing same sex marriage which was signed into law by Mayor Adrian Fenty on December 18th. Fenty chose All Souls Unitarian Church to sign the bill in … Read More

Nevada City, CA – A school district in Northern California has become so alarmed by media interest in a right to privacy lawsuit it is defending that it is now asking the court to order opposing attorneys not to talk to … Read More

Washington, D.C. – Oral arguments will be held this Tuesday at the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. in a lawsuit brought by atheists seeking to stop prayers at presidential inaugurations and use of “So help me God” in the presidential … Read More

Vallejo, CA – Over the last two years, the northern California town of Vallejo has made national news due to its declaration of bankruptcy in mid 2008. But, it is a dispute over comments by Mayor Osby Davis, that is now … Read More

San Francisco, CA – Two years after a three-judge panel of the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held oral arguments in two highly-charged First Amendment lawsuits, the court remains mum as to when it will reach decisions in the cases. … Read More