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Religious Freedom
Free exercise, establishment questions, and conscience protections.
- Court hears argument in religious discrimination dispute
Justice Thomas Johnson was born on this day in 1732. As we noted in a Closer Look about Johnson in July, he has the distinction of holding the third-shortest tenure of any associate justice in Supreme Court history. On Tuesday, the…
- BYU Law launches Religious Liberty Clinic to give students hands-on appellate advocacy experience
Brigham Young University – J. Reuben Clark Law School has launched a new Religious Liberty Clinic, which will welcome its first students during Winter Semester 2027. The clinic will provide students hands-on experience drafting appellate…
- Statement Regarding Texas Supreme Court - First Liberty
Plano, TX—Newly elected Democrat Maggie Ellis, the next Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court, stated her intention to eliminate a religious accommodation that allows judges to publicly refrain from performing a marriage that conflicts…
- Lawyer honored by St. Thomas More Society of Maryland sees hand of God in fight for religious liberty
November 6, 2026By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Religious Freedom On New Year’s Eve 2013, while Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was aboard a train bound for New York City to help Miley Cyrus…
- Two cases illustrate the limits of a doctrine that often blocks civil rights claims
Since 1871, a federal statute has authorized Americans to sue state and local officials for violating their constitutional rights. But since 1982, thanks to the court-invented doctrine of qualified immunity, such claims have been allowed…
- Senate Judiciary Will Weigh Religious Liberty Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee takes up S.5289 to protect free exercise of religion at its Nov. 10 business meeting. Find out what's next for the bill. The committee's leaders on the record are Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chair, and Sen…
- Denise ‘90 and Michael ‘91 Mattone Center for Law and Religion
Established in 2010 as the Center for Law and Religion and renamed in 2023, the Denise ‘90 and Michael ‘91 Mattone Center for Law and Religion provides a forum for studying law and religion from domestic, international, and comparative…
- When “Free” Exercise Costs the State: Supreme Court Grapples With Expanding Free Exercise Clause Jurisprudence
ReligiousLiberty.TV The concept of free exercise increasingly imposes a tangible price on the state, transforming from a shield for individual belief and practice into a mandate for government subsidy for institutions. When religious…
- Elder Cook and Father Deacon Bennett Champion Religious Freedom at Canadian Law
Religious freedom, personal virtue and the role of faith in public life were central themes as Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Father Deacon Andrew Bennett…
- Notes from Central Taiwan: Illegal but ineluctable
The reason for this were changes to the Agricultural Development Act (ADA) in 2000, according to numerous observers. Back in 1999, Council of Agriculture head Peng Tso-kwei (彭作奎) began the process of amending the ADA in anticipation of…
- Conservative Justices Consider Major Next Step in Religious Liberty Campaign
The U.S. Supreme Court's conservative majority has previously targeted taxpayer programs that explicitly exclude religious programs. On Tuesday, the Republican appointees considered taking their major next step. Welcome to Supreme Court…
- President Signs Legislation Extending Life of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Yesterday, President Trump signed into law H.R. 1744, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2026 (full text), which extends the life and authorizes appropriations for the U.S. Commission on…
- More First Amendment Folly in Colorado
Over the last ten years, Colorado has compiled an impressive losing streak before the Supreme Court in religious liberty and free speech cases. Based on Tuesday’s oral argument in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, the state looks poised to…
- Ukrainian Catholic Church Appeals Decis - First Liberty
Ukrainian Catholic Church Appeals Decision that Allows Unlawful Double Standard in Zoning Decisions to Continue Court of Appeals indicates church likely to win case but denies preliminary injunction that would immediately end county’s…
- U.S. Supreme Court Hears Argument Over C - First Liberty
About First Liberty Institute First Liberty Institute is the largest legal organization in the nation dedicated exclusively to defending religious freedom for all Americans. To arrange an interview, contact Peyton Drew at…
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