[1.] The Supreme Court has been debating the meaning of the Free Exercise Clause for over 60 years. One view has been that the Clause generally gives religious objectors a presumptive right to be ...

In the 1990s the U.S. Supreme Court decided a handful of religious liberty cases on the basis of the First Amendment’s free speech clause. The most significant of these was Rosenberger v. University ...

This week, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School filed a cert petition to appeal the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision denying it the right to take part in Oklahoma’s charter school program ...

Living Democracy Joy Cowdery The First Amendment has two provisions concerning religion: the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause. The Establishment clause prohibits the government from ...

So the Second Circuit held today, concluding that the facts surrounding this particular exclusion showed hostility to religion, and not just the neutral application of generally applicable rules. From ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued a legal opinion arguing the state law that requires charter schools to be “nonsectarian” and “nonreligious” likely ...

Debates over religious liberty have intensified in recent years, prompting renewed scrutiny of how the First Amendment is interpreted and applied. Courts across the United States are weighing ...