[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 ...
A school prayer battle in northwest Florida that has spread to the state legislature is a hugely messy example of how the First Amendment’s religious freedom The idea that people’s religious views ...
A discussion of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution and significant caselaw pertaining to the exercise of religion in the US. The US Supreme Court recently issued a ...
Frank A. Endrei's letter to the editor Monday, stating that "inviting a pastor to pray at a council meeting is certainly not establishing any church as a state religion, but telling a pastor not to ...
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 ...
Texas wants to post the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. Other states want to bring religion back to schools and public spaces. It ought to be a no-brainer — they cannot do that. The ...
The Supreme Court enjoys creating catch-22 scenarios. It has generated numerous instances. For example, it holds that the Free Exercise Clause forbids anti-religious discrimination, but also holds ...
Manhattan: On a recent evening, I went to the Starbucks inside Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, paid for a coffee and sandwich and sat in the designated seating area. Security told me to leave, as the ...
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