Birmingham’s conservative nonprofit group the Alabama Policy Institute (API), announced the launch of the Alabama Center for Law & Liberty (ACLL). The ACLL will serve as API’s legal arm and help defend API’s policies in the courts.
Founded in 1989, API is an independent, nonprofit group that researches and advocates for conservative policies, including defense of free markets, limited government, and strong families. However, the group much defend those policies in the courts. The ACLL will be the voice in the judicial system.
Matthew Clark will serve as the Executive Director of ACLL. After graduating from Liberty University School of Law, he worked on the Alabama Supreme Court as a staff attorney. Since 2016 he has worked at the Foundation for Moral Law in Montgomery.
Clark stated, “It is a great honor to serve as the ACLL’s first Executive Director. My vision for the ACLL is to ensure that Alabama remains an outpost of freedom in the United States by defending our constitutional rights in the courtrooms.”
When asked about protecting limited government, Clark commented, “On the federal level, Congress is considering dangerous legislation, such as the Equality Act and the For the People Act, which would rob the people of freedom of conscience and the right to election integrity. On the state level, while we agree that COVID-19 is dangerous, we also believe that it is dangerous to let one person make all the decisions on how to deal with the crisis instead of letting the people’s representatives make the decisions. And on the local level, the ACLL is concerned about the Alabama cities that have enacted SOGI ordinances that force Christian small business owners to choose between their livelihoods and their consciences.”
“The ACLL stands ready to defend Alabamians who have had their constitutional rights infringed, in hopes that Alabama remains an outpost of freedom in the United States,” Clark concluded.
Phil Williams, Chief Policy Officer for the Alabama Policy Institute, posted on Twitter, “Very excited to announce that @alabamapolicy Institute just launched the Alabama Center for Law & Liberty! We’re going to fight for conservative values in every venue, including the Courts!”
Very excited to announce that @alabamapolicy Institute just launched the Alabama Center for Law & Liberty! We're going to fight for conservative values in every venue, including the Courts! #alpolitics @AlabamaLaw https://t.co/pKqUYpBpzV
— Phil Williams (@SenPhilWilliams) March 22, 2021
