which refused to hear the case in 2012, upholding the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Prominent individuals In November 2016, Ken Klukowski, First Liberty's senior counsel and director of strategic affairs was appointed to head the issue area of "Protecting Americans' Constitutional Rights" in the Donald Trump presidential transition team. Klukowski, later Senior Counsel to Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark, was one of several Trump campaign officials subpoenaed in the Jan. 6 Select Committee investigation. Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, who served as Deputy General Counsel to First Liberty Institute, and Jeff Mateer, who previously served as general counsel, were nominated in 2017 by President Trump for District Court positions. Mateer subsequently withdrew after a May 2015 speech where he referred to transgender children as "Satan’s plan" became public. The Senate confirmed Kacsmaryk on June 19, 2019. References External links Official website Legal advocacy organizations in the United States Conservative organizations in the United States Christian organizations based in the United States Organizations established in 1972 Law firms based in Texas Non-profit organizations based in Texas 501(c)(3) organizations