FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT, W.D. MICHIGAN The Great Lakes Justice Center has the privilege of representing the Stout family to protect their First Amendment rights.
Karungi v. Ejalu
skallman2021-11-08T19:11:30+00:00OAKLAND COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT The Great Lakes Justice Center has the privilege of representing Gloria Karungi in her fight to save her frozen embryos.
Dahl v. Western Michigan University
skallman2021-11-16T20:13:44+00:00FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT, WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN The Great Lakes Justice Center has the privilege of representing four soccer players against WMU for religious discrimination.
Word of Faith Christian Center Church v. Gretchen Whitmer
skallman2020-05-11T14:27:52+00:00UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT UPDATE: Within 24 hours after the GLJC filed suit against Governor Whitmer, she amended her executive order which now permits all churches to reopen.
Donald J. Trump v. Hawaii
skallman2018-02-28T03:53:12+00:00UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT This brief provides a timely Constitutional and legal analysis concerning the interpretation of the Constitution’s Establishment Clause-- a critical passage governing the relationship between State and Church.
Reynolds et al v. Talberg et al
skallman2018-01-23T21:45:14+00:00FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT, WESTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN The Great Lakes Justice Center has the privilege of representing parents and students from Williamston to protect their rights against the Williamston School District's unconstitutional policies.
Donald J. Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project
skallman2017-08-25T21:37:14+00:00UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. The case involves the Supreme Court’s review of a lower court ruling about the President’s Executive Order (EO) banning travel from countries posing a national security risk. The lower court, ignoring the plain meaning of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, said the EO violated the Clause because it was not motivated by a secular purpose (as evidenced by rhetoric uttered during the presidential campaign).
April Deboer v. Rick Snyder (Obergefel v. Hodges)
skallman2017-09-29T15:51:00+00:00UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. This case is about the protection of a State’s right to define marriage as a union between a man and woman. The Sixth Circuit analyzed the constitutionality of marriage amendments passed by the vast majority of voters in Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee, and decided not to overrule a decision reflecting the beliefs of approximately twenty-two million Americans in those states.