Press Releases

Winston Salem, NC – We are proud to announce that effective today, Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) has opened an office in the state of North Carolina! Our new office in North Carolina (directed by PJI staff attorney Adam Draper) joins a large contingent … Read More

SALEM, Ore. – Thanks to PJI’s efforts to keep them in school, several nursing students who once faced expulsion from their community college for declining to receive COVID-19 vaccines for religious reasons will graduate this Friday. The students – all Christians … Read More

SAN JOSE, Calif.— Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) secured a six-figure damage award this month for five churches that were forcefully shut down by Santa Clara County’s COVID-19 public health orders. On February 26, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court had granted … Read More

SAN FRANCISCO – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that a city plan prohibiting churches from ground-floor occupancy of buildings in a three-block area of Salinas’ downtown special zone violates federal law.   New Harvest Christian Fellowship had rented … Read More

SALEM, Ore. – After nearly four long years, the Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) has finally won its hard-fought battle to enable a small rural church in southern Oregon to establish living quarters for its pastor inside its house of worship. … Read More

Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) has been retained by a significant number of Amtrak employees after Amtrak announced that its employees must receive a COVID vaccine or face unpaid leave. This decision will undoubtedly cause significant reductions in train service to … Read More

We are proud to announce that effective today, Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) has opened an office in the state of Illinois! Our new office in Illinois (directed by PJI staff attorney Sorin Leahu) joins a large contingent of states that we already cover … Read More

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Seven months after putting them on paid administrative leave – and nearly three months after firing them – the Grants Pass School District has reinstated two educators who openly called for balance in educational policies concerning … Read More

Sacramento, CA—Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) proudly announces the launch of “Operation Pushback” today in an effort to aid thousands of parents protecting their children from forced vaccination and thousands of employees purged from the workplace for their religious convictions. PJI is the … Read More

We are proud to announce that effective today, Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) has opened an office in the great state of Georgia! Our new office in Georgia (helmed by PJI staff attorney Nicole Myers) joins a large contingent of states that we already … Read More