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SCOTUS issued a call for a response (CFR) in State v. Edwin Franqui today. I am asking it to determine whether an out of court statement that the witness recants at trial can be used to convict someone. Only 2% of IFP cases get CFRs. I have some amici who would file a supporting brief, but need counsel to draft the brief. If you're interested in helping out, please let me know. Amicus briefs are now due October 30. supremecourt.gov/search.aspx…

“Threatening to prosecute a father for refusing to become complicit in an act of abortion is the definition of un-American. No public health concern justifies forcing someone to accept or benefit from such an evil act when it violates their religious beliefs.”

@AtkinsonLawLLC just asked SCOTUS to take a case that guts "proof beyond a reasonable doubt." The only evidence that our client was invovled in a murder: a written statement the star witness herself disavowed on the stand — read to the jury by a detective, after she'd already left it for good. CT's Supreme Court said "must have been him" is enough to convict. Due process says otherwise: the government must prove guilt. It doesn't get to force anyone to prove their innocence. Anything else resembles Idiocracy. atkinsonlawfirm.com/wp-conte…

“Our Founders understood sensitive places. They restricted firearms in deliberating legislatures, before courts in session, and at polling places on Election Day. In each instance, the same logic applied: the deliberative acts of self-government cannot reliably occur when those conducting them face armed intimidation. The Founders restricted firearms where that threat was real and where the integrity of deliberative self-government depended on freedom from it. They did not restrict firearms in post offices. Not because post offices were rare — they were operated by the Continental Congress before the Constitution was ratified. Not because the Founders were unaware that post offices were government facilities — they built them. But because a post office is not a deliberative proceeding, a postmaster processing mail is not a judge adjudicating cases, and the right to send a letter does not depend on freedom from armed coercion the way the right to vote does on Election Day. The Founders drew that line. This case is about whether the district court was right to erase it.”

Along with Viramontes, SCOTUS granted cert in Grant v. Higgins today - our challenge to Connecticut's total ban on so-called assault weapons. @2AFDN and @CCDL_CarryOn have been tireless in their defense of the Second Amendment, and this is a much deserved victory for them. @ppatterson85 , David Thompson, and Will Bergstrom (of Cooper & Kirk) picked up the lead on this petition and did a fantastic job. @dougdubitsky and @CraigFishbein did a fantastic job at all stages. My longsuffering wife, Audrey Atkinson (still under her maiden name when this was filed) put up with all our quirks and provided the much-needed guidance of a former clerk as this case developed. I am thrilled to have poured my heart and soul in the briefing, preparation of this case, and the Second Circuit oral argument. Time to go get a win on the merits now.

Warner Mendenhall was one of the good ones. My usual distaste for groups and people probably deprived me of more interactions, but he brought a ton of people together to fight for civil liberties during the COVID lockdowns and beyond. We truly have lost a warrior and a leader today. May he rest in peace!

In December 2025, Brandon Bonner, a Connecticut parent, filed suit against Stamford’s Board of Education (SBE), looking to compel one of the city’s preschool programs to allow his unvaccinated four-year-old, special-needs daughter to return to school. Last month, Stamford’s BOE filed a motion to dismiss the suit, and Cameron Atkinson, Bonner’s attorney, said he is prepared to “do things the hard way.” “We’re about to file for a preliminary injunction to get her back into school for the fall,” said Atkinson. “We have a long history in this country of respecting religious liberty on the vaccination issue, and nothing has really changed.” insideinvestigator.org/stamf…

We also explain why one of government’s favorite cases for defending vaccination laws, Prince v. Massachusetts, actually supports holding government a higher standard in vaccination cases.

We also continue to develop our advocacy for parental rights under Mahmoud v. Taylor and Mirabelli v. Bonta. This is the first time we’ve been able to make the arguments in a single brief. Government doesn’t get a First Amendment pass simply because they cry “public health.”

I demand creative lawyering at @AtkinsonLawLLC, and that starts with me. This week’s flavor comes from another religious liberty case. We argued that the federal RFRA applies to local governments under the Spending Clause and under RFRA’s “implementation” clause. atkinsonlawfirm.com/wp-conte…

While I was goofing off this weekend, my wife put a ton of work into her first federal appellate brief where she is representing former PGA Tour reporter, @teryngregson, in an 11th Circuit religious liberty appeal. I am a proud husband to say the least. atkinsonlawfirm.com/wp-conte…

Delivered the CT judicial update at the New England Firearms Advocacy Conference this weekend. Closed my talk with a call for a sustained litigation campaign for constitutional carry.

A crucifix in public school classroom is idol worship and incorrect Catholicism according to New Britain, CT. @CerameMario and I argue that the First Amendment does not permit such government hostility in @WTPatriotsUSA’s amicus brief supporting the teacher. Recap below:

Breaking: Federal courts are now openly split on the post office gun carry ban. A Connecticut court just rubber-stamped the ban — spitting in the face of the Supreme Court’s clear Second Amendment rulings. My comment: "We’re not the least bit surprised. Rogue lower courts continue to torch the Constitution, trading Bruen and Heller for cheap 'guns are scary' hysteria. They’re not even pretending to follow the law anymore. We look forward to crushing this decision on appeal." #2A #SecondAmendment #GunRights #ShallNotBeInfringed #Bruen #MolonLabe #DontTreadOnMe @WTPatriotsUSA, @fourboxesdiner, @MrColionNoir,@CRPAPresident, @2Aupdates atkinsonlawfirm.com/wp-conte…

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered the miracle we needed for religious exemption cases. I am particularly proud of the way @AtkinsonLawLLC was able to file this letter on behalf of Milford Christian Church with the Second Circuit within hours of the Supreme Court's decision. Shortly after we filed the letter, our case was scheduled for oral argument on April 22, 2026. We are asking that you pack the Second Circuit courtroom in Manhattan on April 22, 2026. Your presence will mean a lot, and it will show that we will never give up on our fight for religious liberty. Thanks to @WTPatriotsUSA, we have one of the most important religious liberty schedules in the country for April and May. On April 17, we will argue for California school religious exemptions in the Ninth Circuit. On April 22, we will argue for Connecticut school religious exemptions in the Second Circuit. On May 4, we will begin a three-week trial in Boston for Title VII religious exemptions. @WTPatriotsUSA has taken a lot of heat for the work it does, and precious few people want to be its friends and supporters. It still has persisted at great sacrifice and on a fraction of the resources necessary to pursue these religious liberty battles and is poised to deliver a massive spring and summer in defense of religious liberty. I can imagine no greater honor than being the man at the podium for these cases.