The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion but not every practice is automatically protected. From prayer in public schools to vaccine exemptions and workplace dress codes, some acts of faith ...

Lawmakers filed bills in the 2026 legislative session that may affect how laws interpret the First Amendment's freedom of ...

First Amendment freedoms shape how we live, work and connect with one another. These fundamental rights — freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition — form the foundation of American ...

Republicans have retaken Congress, and on January 20, with Donald Trump’s inauguration, they will control the White House, too. The party will then presumably get to work crafting and passing ...

Thomas Jipping is a senior legal fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Thomas Jefferson’s resume is hard to beat. At 23, he was serving in the ...

2025 was the year of remedial education for the Colorado General Assembly. Since legislators in the majority just can’t seem to understand the First Amendment, they got schooled by the courts on ...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Natural Rights and the First Amendment Religion Clauses -- Part 1 Philosophy: The Founders' Political Philosophy of Religious Liberty -- Chapter 1 ...

The Broward County school board is scheduled to rule on Tuesday what signs are permissible on school campuses following challenges from a contentious advocate who requested to hang ‘Satan Loves the ...

Should religious symbols be allowed in public schools or government buildings? Some argue that religious neutrality should be maintained by no permanent display of religious symbols in government ...