Lathan Watts

Wide-eyed idealist. Vice President of Public Affairs at Alliance Defending Freedom and ADF Action. Opinions are my own.

[Lathan Watts @LathanWatts]

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Few dates can match the significance of June 6, 1944. No one can match Reagan’s commemoration speech. I miss the Gipper.

[Lathan Watts @LathanWatts]

Often-Overlooked Theology of Declaration of Independence | National Review https://t.co/TbbAgzNffm

[Lathan Watts @LathanWatts]

Might’ve found my spirit animal

[Saffron Sniper @Saffron_Sniper1]

These two giant turtles have been fighting each other for more than 120 years.

According to the zoo, one turtle stole the other’s food 120 years ago, and since that day they became enemies.

There hasn’t been a single day where they don’t fight for 2–3 minutes😂

[Kristen Waggoner @KristenWaggoner]

Their 11-year-old daughter went on a class trip—only to discover that her hotel roommate (and expected bedmate) was a boy.

Today we’re representing them & other CO parents at the 10th Circuit. Kids deserve privacy on overnight trips. Parents deserve the chance to protect them.

[Freedom Conservatism @FreeConTalk]

All the important policy discussions about securing America's future are happening at #FreeCon!

Hear why @ADFLegal's @LathanWatts is looking forward to attending and grab your tickets ➡️ https://t.co/WFDuGEXjaU

[Alliance Defending Freedom @ADFLegal]

READ: "I know I am not alone in facing unjust persecution under ‘hate speech’ laws that make sharing Christian beliefs a criminal offense. I make my appeal in the hope that the European Court of Human Rights will recognise that peacefully expressing one's beliefs is never a crime, and ensure that this basic freedom is protected for all."

@PaiviRasanen, our client at @ADFIntl, appeals her recent "hate speech" conviction in Finland.

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[John Hood @JohnHoodNC]

1/2 @FreeConTalk signatory @LathanWatts is a columnist for @townhallcom and vice president of public affairs for @ADFLegal and its sister organization ADF Action. He is also a speaker at #FreeCon 2026, to be held May 20 in Washington.

In a recent @dcexaminer piece, Watts praised the U.S. Supreme Court for unanimously affirming the constitutional rights of faith-based nonprofits.

“From Washington state to Vermont, California to New York,” he wrote, state officials have targeted pro-life organizations. “Whether they’re going after confidential donor data or attempting to punish centers for sharing possibly life-saving information about abortion pill reversal, their message is clear — if you provide free, compassionate care and information to women and families, you could be subjected to harassment by your state government.”

Now, thanks to “a clear conclusion from the highest court in the land,” such harassers are on notice that they may be “held accountable in federal court for violating constitutional rights.”

[Kristen Waggoner @KristenWaggoner]

The Supreme Court's action today is NOT a reversal of Friday's victory for women and their children. It's the typical procedural pause - the Justices now have seven days to consider the emergency application.

The Biden FDA acted recklessly and unlawfully, and I look forward to holding it and the dangerous drug manufacturers accountable alongside our client Rosalie and @AGLizMurrill as our case moves forward.

[Lathan Watts @LathanWatts]

To paraphrase Patrick Henry, “I regret that I have only one like to give…”

[Casey Mattox @CaseyMattox_]

I think of this a lot while on this website.

[Lathan Watts @LathanWatts]

Supreme Court gets it right: Harassed pregnancy center deserves day in court https://t.co/9eJ86fDxrZ

[Alliance Defending Freedom @ADFLegal]

WIN for free speech and pro-life pregnancy centers at SCOTUS! 🏛️

[Alliance Defending Freedom @ADFLegal]

BREAKING: 9-0 victory in First Choice v. Platkin!

[Lathan Watts @LathanWatts]

Busy season of work and family kept me out of the loop for a bit. Apparently I missed NINE World Wars.

[Lathan Watts @LathanWatts]

Kansas Legislature Shows Rest of Nation How to Get Good Things Done https://t.co/HJ7ahVtAqx

[Jeremy Tedesco @Jeremy_Tedesco]

Yesterday’s federal grand jury indictment of the SPLC is big news: Prosecutors allege the organization misled donors while funneling millions of dollars to informants tied to groups like the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist actors, including an individual connected to the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville. The indictment includes 11 counts, including wire fraud and false statements to federally insured banks.

This strikes a serious blow to the censorship industrial complex in the United States, as the SPLC has long been a central player in that ecosystem. But the fight is far from over.

The SPLC has exported its model overseas in recent years. Long-time SPLC “Hate Map” chief Heidi Beirich co-founded the @globalextremism project in 2020. That organization is part of a growing network of NGOs shaping how governments—particularly in Europe—approach the regulation of “extremism” and “hate” online.

Exporting this model doesn’t solve the problem—it spreads it.

[Lathan Watts @LathanWatts]

@shbarclay @RandyEBarnett SCOTUS should open a branch office in Denver or create an express lane for 1A cases from CO.

[Doug Richey @DougRichey]

BREAKING NEWS: The IA Legislature passed SF2231, protecting 1st Amendment rights of students, in public K-12 schools (SPEAKS Act), and prohibiting religious discrimination within government programs...Thank you Senate President Amy Sinclair, Senator Salmon, and Representative @samantha_fett for sponsoring this important legislation!

@ADFLegal @ADF_Action

[Lathan Watts @LathanWatts]

God bless and keep Justice Thomas on the Court for as long as possible.

[KanekoaTheGreat @KanekoaTheGreat]

🔥NEW: Clarence Thomas — full remarks on progressivism, its foundations, history, and impact from his appearance at University of Texas at Austin:

“Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, and Mao were all intertwined with the rise of progressivism, and all were opposed to the natural rights on which our Declaration is based.”

"Many progressives expressed admiration for each of them shortly before their governments killed tens of millions of people."

"It comes as no surprise that the progressives embraced eugenics... It was only a small step for Wilson to resegregate the federal workforce."

"It was only another step for the government to launch sterilization programs on those deemed by the experts of the day to be unfit to reproduce."

“European thinkers have long criticized America for remaining trapped in a Lockean world, with its weakened, decentralized government and strong individual rights. They say our 18th-century Declaration has prevented us from progressing to higher forms of government."

"But we were fortunate not to trade our Lockean bonds for the supposedly enlightened world of Hegel, Marx, and their followers. Fascism, which after all was national socialism, triggered wars in Europe and Asia that killed tens of millions."

"The socialism of the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China proceeded to kill tens of millions more of their own people. This is what happens when natural rights give way to higher-good notions of history or progress, or, as Thomas Sowell has written, the visions of the anointed."

"None of this, of course, was an improvement on the principles of the Declaration. Tocqueville's Democracy in America is largely about how America owed its superiority over Europe to its conscious decision to reject central planning and administrative rule, root and branch."

"Progressivism, in other words, is retrogressive.”

[Lathan Watts @LathanWatts]

Some states never learn. Thanks to American Thinker for publishing my latest column. https://t.co/PgV8mxTaZx

[Lathan Watts @LathanWatts]

RT @tonyashellnutt: Lost my voice today but not the mission.

H.4756 (Student Privacy) is DONE. House concurred. Finish line crossed.

Grat…