ADF attorneys defend church’s right to speak out for El Paso citizens
Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund filed a counterclaim Friday against the mayor of El Paso, Texas in a lawsuit the mayor initiated against Tom Brown Ministries, the Word of Life Church of El...
View ArticleFirst Amendment Group Offers Free Legal Counsel For Pastor Brown | KTSM News...
KTSM News Channel 9 (includes video): The law firm is called the Alliance Defense Fund. It’s a private organization that provides free legal service for people when they feel their first amendment...
View Article‘Church should not be silenced’
OneNewsNow.com: Joel Oster, an attorney with ADF, tells OneNewsNow the mayor wants Brown jailed. "And in this particular case the state law says that the church cannot circulate a petition for the...
View ArticleLegal Battles Continue For El Paso Mayor
KFOX El Paso: Oster said, "A pastor should not have to vet his sermons by Uncle Sam. When a pastor preaches his sermons he does not have to get approval from the government for what he says."
View ArticleI-Team: Origin Of District Attorney’s Investigation Into Tom Brown Revealed
KVIA El Paso: Brown has maintained he did not break the law. Joel Oster, Brown's newest attorney from the Alliance Defense Fund, argues that the Supreme Court decided that it is perfectly legal for the...
View ArticleRecall lawyer: Churches helped circulate petitions against El Paso mayor,...
El Paso Times: But the lawyer, Joel Oster, said that did not mean the group violated Texas election law. And even if they did, the law is unconstitutional, he said . . . "We will concede," said Oster,...
View ArticleADF: El Paso mayor on witch-hunt in attempt to stop recall election
Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Joel Oster will be available for media interviews following a hearing Monday that concerns El Paso Mayor John Cook’s attempt to stop a recall election against...
View ArticleMayor John Cook and City Council recall: Residents plead fifth when asked...
El Paso Times: Joel Oster, a lawyer for Brown and the recall group, said even if churches and their officers helped gather petitions, they didn't violate state law. He also said that if they did, that...
View ArticleADF: El Paso mayor fails to stop recall election in lawsuit against churches,...
Texas court refuses to issue immediate order that would prevent recall election against mayor, two council members
View ArticleJudge nixes El Paso mayor’s request to halt recall | OneNewsNow.com
OneNewsNow.com: Mayor Cook challenged the recall effort, arguing that Brown violated state election law by using church resources to collect signatures for the recall petition. The Alliance Defense...
View ArticleJoel Oster on the Bott Radio Network: Suit against El Paso churches triggered...
ADF Attorney Joel Oster appeared on the Bott Radio Network to discuss this case. | MP3 audio 22 mins
View ArticleJoel Oster talks to “Pratt on Texas”: El Paso churches bullied for...
ADF attorney Joel Oster appeared on the “Pratt on Texas” show to discuss the situation. | MP3 audio 14:14 mins
View ArticleTexas Showdown: First Amendment Case Could End Up in High Court | NC Register
NC Register: The Alliance Defense Fund and two local pro-bono attorneys are aiding petitioners. “We’re defending the church’s right to be fully engaged in the culture,” said ADF senior legal counsel...
View ArticleEl Paso City Council Recall: ‘Smoking gun’ document surfaces after hearings...
El Paso Times: Brown's attorney, Joel Oster, said the document released by Walker on Monday is unimportant, calling it "a non-issue." . . . But Oster, one of Brown's attorneys, downplayed the...
View ArticleRecall: Judge Allows ‘Smoking Gun’ Document On The Record | ABC 7
KIVA.com ABC 7: Brown's lawyers said there's a more practical explanation. "It was late in the day (when we got the subpoena), and it said that we had to produce all of these documents the very next...
View ArticleADF: Will El Paso citizens’ call for mayor’s recall stand?
Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Joel Oster will be available for media interviews following a hearing Tuesday in which he will argue that a Texas appeals court should not grant El Paso Mayor...
View ArticleTX: Mayor challenging recall effort | OneNewsNow.com
OneNewsNow.com: Alliance Defense Fund attorney Joel Oster was back in court this week to take on the cited law. "The appeals court in Texas heard our case about whether or not a church can speak out on...
View ArticleTX: El Paso Mayor Fighting Ouster on Gay Rights Vote Counts Rising Legal Bill
Bloomberg: This is a blatant matter of abusing the rights of church officials to be involved in local affairs,” said Joel Oster, a lawyer in Kansas for the Alliance Defense Fund, a Scottsdale,...
View ArticleTX court: Churches can’t petition government | One News Now
One News Now: "The appeals court in Texas has stopped the recall election because one of the supporters of the recall election was supposedly a church, and according to the Texas appeals court, a...
View ArticleADF: Hundreds of Christians face jail time in El Paso
ADF, allies file emergency petition with Texas Supreme Court
View ArticleA Cure for What Jails You | FRC
FRC Washington Update: According to Attorney Joel Oster, ADF has "more than 250 signed affidavits from local citizens who are terrified that they may go to jail for their legitimate political and free...
View ArticleChristians Who Signed Petitions Investigated | WND
WorldNetDaily (includes video): “El Paso citizens should not live in fear of being arrested and jailed for exercising their constitutionally protected right to free speech,” said ADF Senior Legal...
View ArticleEl Paso, Texas Trying to “Silence Christians?”| Opposing Views
Opposing Views by FRC: According to Attorney Joel Oster, ADF has "more than 250 signed affidavits from local citizens who are terrified that they may go to jail for their legitimate political and free...
View ArticleEl Paso Christians facing jail time | One News Now
One News Now: "We have more than 250 signed affidavits from local citizens there in El Paso who are terrified that they may go to jail simply for engaging in legitimate political and free-speech...
View ArticleAppeal Filed to Defend Texans’ Right to Speak About Recall Election | James...
Attorneys for the Alliance Defense Fund, The James Madison Center for Free Speech and other have filed an Appeal in the Texas Supreme Court, seeking to protect the First Amendment rights of Texans to...
View ArticleJoel Oster on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins: Hundreds of Christians face...
ADF Attorney Joel Oster on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins to discuss this: ADF: Hundreds of Christians face jail time in El Paso. | MP3 audio 11:54 mins
View ArticleJoel Oster on the Janet Mefferd Show: What is going on in El Paso Texas?
ADF Attorney Joel Oster appeared on the Janet Mefferd Show to discuss this: Hundreds of Christians face jail time in El Paso. | MP3 audio 13:46 mins
View ArticleADF comment on developments in El Paso recall election case at TX Supreme Court
“Churches and ministries shouldn’t live in fear of being punished by the government for engaging in free speech protected by the First Amendment. The substance of our argument in that regard is alive...
View ArticleJoel Oster: El Paso Mayor to Indict Voters Who Don’t Support His Agenda?
Joel Oster at Townhall: In El Paso, Texas, Democrat Mayor John Cook is literally doing whatever he can to cram his political preferences down the throats of El Pasoans who voted against him.
View ArticleAlan E. Sears: El Paso City Leaders Declare War on Civil Liberties of Christians
Alan E. Sears at the ADF Blog: The penalty for opposing the policies of El Paso mayor John Cook are getting stiffer – maybe as stiff as “sign a petition, go to jail.”
View ArticleJoel Oster on Wallbuilders Live: Threatened with jail for opposing...
Joel Oster appeared on Wallbuilders Live to discuss this. | MP3 audio 9:44 mins
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