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As many of you know, Pacific Justice Institute, an established legal defender of family and faith on the west coast, was the first to file a federal lawsuit in California challenging the new massive Health Care Law as unconstitutional. This lead case in the 9th Circuit has already overcome at least one attempt to dismiss it.

This positive momentum in our litigation was furthered even more when we heard that a federal judge in Virginia recently gave the green light to a similar lawsuit by Virginia’s attorney’s general against the same massive federal health care legislation.

What's the greatest hurdle today for churches wishing to build or expand? This question was asked at a pastors conference and their near unanimous answer was surprising. No, it was not lack of members or lack of funds. Instead, it was land use restrictions by uncooperative local governments that proved to be the greatest hurdle to church growth today. However, as a church in DePere, Wisconsin learned, new churches no longer have to be unreasonably stopped by local governments.

Washington, D.C. - Pacific Justice Institute has filed an amicus curiae brief with the United States Supreme Court in the First Assembly of God of Ventura et al. v. City of San Buenaventura case at the request of the lead counsel for the church.

The law has long recognized and respected the rights and duties of parents in the raising of children. The Supreme Court has been consistent in recognizing the importance of respecting Parents authority in the raising of their children. Ginsberg v. New York, 390 U.S. 629, 639 (1968). Furthermore, the United States Supreme Court has stated, "It is cardinal with us that the custody, care and nurture of the child reside first with the parents, whose primary function and freedom include preparation for obligations the state can neither supply nor hinder." Prince v. Massachusetts, 321 U.S.