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ELK GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT V. NEWDOW, 542 U.S. 1 (2004)

This case was a challenge to the constitutionality of the phrase “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. Michael Nedow filed the lawsuit in an attempt to have the phrase removed from the pledge. Stepanovich filed two amicus briefs with the Supreme Court in support of...

LOCKE V. DAVEY, 540 U.S. 712 (2004)

This case involved the free exercise first amendment rights of a college student who was denied a state scholarship because he declared his major to be pastoral studies. Stepanovich argued that the student had a constitutional right to pursue the studies and receive...

BOERNE V. FLORES, 521 U.S. 507 (1997)

Stepanovich, when with the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of the constitutionality of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. The question before the Court was whether RFRA exceeded...