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Kelly Shackelford
President and CEO — Liberty Institute
Kelly Shackelford, Esq., has been president and CEO of Liberty Institute since 1997. Mr. Shackelford is a constitutional scholar who has argued before the United States Supreme Court, testified bef...
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Jeremy Dys
Senior Counsel — Liberty Institute
Mr. Dys graduated from Taylor University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, degree in Communication Studies while concentrating his minor study in U.S. History and Philosophy. During his unde...
Mr. Dys graduated from Taylor University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, degree in Communication Studies while concentrating his minor study in U.S. History and Philosophy. During his undergraduate career, Dys also studied at the American Studies Program in Washington, D.C. where he interned with the late David Orgon Coolidge as part of the Marriage Law Project of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Ken Klukowski
Senior Counsel & Director of Strategic Affairs — Liberty Institute
Kenneth A. (“Ken”) Klukowski is Senior Counsel & Director of Strategic Affairs for Liberty Institute, specializing in cases involving the First Amendment and freedom of belief and expression. Mr. Kluk...
Kenneth A. (“Ken”) Klukowski is Senior Counsel & Director of Strategic Affairs for Liberty Institute, specializing in cases involving the First Amendment and freedom of belief and expression. Mr. Klukowski manages the firm’s activities in the Washington, D.C., area, consulting with lawmakers and leaders in our nation’s capital. Mr. Klukowski is a legal scholar who has authored eight law review articles, many of which have been cited by various federal courts and top legal journals. He has previously served as Special Deputy Attorney General of Indiana, and worked on faculty at Liberty University School of Law and at various D.C.-based think tanks. Mr. Klukowski is an experienced journalist, whose columns have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Investor’s Business Daily, and other leading national publications. A national bestselling author, his most recent book is Resurgent: How Constitutional Conservatism Can Save America, published by Simon & Schuster. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame, studied history at Arizona State University, earned his law degree from George Mason University, and served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Alice Batchelder on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Gary Bauer
President — American Values
Gary L. Bauer is a leading spokesman for pro-life, pro-family, and pro-growth values. Bauer served in President Ronald Reagan's administration for eight years, as Under Secretary of Education and Chie...
Gary L. Bauer is a leading spokesman for pro-life, pro-family, and pro-growth values. Bauer served in President Ronald Reagan's administration for eight years, as Under Secretary of Education and Chief Domestic Policy Advisor. After leaving the Reagan White House, Bauer became president of the Family Research Council and a Senior Vice President of Focus on the Family.
How Cruz beat Trump
By targeting evangelicals and libertarians from the very start, he dominated from the two most reliable Iowa voting blocs. DES MOINES, Iowa — In Aug...
Cambridge Christian School (CCS) against the Florida High School Athletic Association
Case Summary Liberty Institute represents Cambridge Christian School (CCS) against the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA). School off...
Five Takeaways From the Iowa Caucuses
A few points on what we learned last night in the Hawkeye State, where Ted Cruz won eight nominating delegates, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio each pull...
Cheerleaders Banned From Painting Scripture Verses On Cheer Banners
In an effort to share positive and uplifting messages with their football players, middle school and high school cheerleaders in Kountze, Texas, made...
Rubio surge a triumph for Trumpism
The Florida senator delivered a surprisingly strong finish in Iowa by embracing the frontrunner’s rhetoric. Marco Rubio’s last minute surge in Iowa...
Cruz Is The New Frontrunner
The media have decided that Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) was last night’s big winner in the Iowa caucuses. Rubio finished a strong third in Iowa, outper...
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Stunning Reversal
Penna Dexter Two years ago, I complained that: “Radical transgender directives just keep coming from the executive branch of the federal government.” There’s been a stunning reversal. States fought ba...
TV Dinners to Smartphones
Kerby Anderson Columnist Bob Greene noticed a connection between TV Dinners and smartphones. In fact, he says the 1950s meal was a gateway drug for screen addiction. He believes that our zombie-like a...
Political Fantasy
Kerby Anderson A recent poll of Americans conducted by NewsGuard and YouGov is disturbing on its face. It is even more concerning the deeper you delve into the data. The topline comment is that a siza...
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Support the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act
The abortion pill harms women and kills unborn children. Congress must act.
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