MacKenzie Guy, originally from Springfield, Missouri, has always been driven by a passion for justice and Constitutional rights. She brings her dedication to her role as the Director of Communications at MSLF, having joined the organization in 2024. [Read More]
OCR complaints are just one of the ways we are championing one of the key principles of American liberty: that all men are created equal.
Colorado’s law isn’t just a waiting period on the right to possess peaceably purchased property. It is a delay on safety itself.
Jack Phillips, like every creative professional, has the right to decline to use his artistic abilities to express messages he disagrees with.
MSLF is committed to the plain text reading of Title IX that respects the drafters’ original intentions. We stand with our friends in liberty at ADF.
The Constitution must be followed especially during crises—there would be no point in a supreme law if the legislature could ignore it when things get tough.
Melissa and Aaron Klein are practitioners of the American Dream. In 2007, they opened a bakery called “Sweet Cakes by Melissa” in Gresham, Oregon. The shop was a staple in…
Everyone should play by the same rules. That’s the basic idea of fairness most Americans understand. When it befits them, the federal government loves to hold people accountable to its…
This Final Rule, addressing the “Definition of ‘Frame or Receiver’ and Identification of Firearms,” alters the legal landscape surrounding firearms regulation, giving complete discretionary power to the ATF and its Director to decide what the ATF can regulate and how. The ATF is usurping Congress’s legislative power and is wielding the regulation to severely burden the practice of self-manufacture and the businesses that facilitate it.
Case Summary In an infringement of peaceable Americans’ right to choose the arms they see fit to defend themselves, their loved ones, and their communities, the State of Washington has…
Case Summary Peter Vlaming taught French at a public high school for years before he was fired over the issue of a student’s pronouns and over the walkout protests of…
Case Summary Public lands should be for public use, right? According to environmentalists, that’s wrong. For many disabled Americans, including many veterans like the Trail Preservation Alliance’s Don Riggle,…
Case Summary Michael and Chantell Sackett own an undeveloped lot near Priest Lake in Bonner County, Idaho. The north and south sides of the property are bounded by roads, and…
Written by 2025 Communications Fellow Evelyn Engle. We don’t take our victories lightly at Mountain States Legal Foundation. Every single one is the result of countless hours of effort, carefully…
By: Michael McCoy & Claire Walker We express our heartfelt sympathies to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, whose security detail agents were recently threatened by an attempted carjacker. We are…
Victory for George, for property rights, for liberty, and for Americans! In a 9-0 unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot use the permitting process to twist…
Mountain States Legal Foundation is thrilled to announce the arrival of our new Director of the Center to Keep & Bear Arms, Michael McCoy.
Christine Searle is on the verge of losing her life’s savings over a minor unpaid tax bill. “I don’t think that they should have the right to take all of it.”
A federal court has ruled it is unconstitutional for Congress to pass legislation by proxy voting, and that laws must be passed with members physically present.
A 2013 FAA document asked, “How much of a change in job performance is acceptable to achieve what diversity goals?” The answer should have been none.
New York’s knows that it cannot directly censor and disrupt the NRA, and its attempt to do the same thing through the back door.
MSLF’s Will Trachman was recently on the Meg Ellefson Show, discussing our win defending Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
The Supreme Court has recognized free speech is not limited to literal words. Human beings also communicate through non-verbal methods, including symbols.
The Virginia Supreme Court yesterday vindicated Peter Vlaming and upheld his First Amendment rights not to speak messages that he doesn’t agree with.
Mountain States today sent a demand letter to the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse in support of Young Americans for Freedom’s right to free speech.
