Clause of the First Amendment
Natan Ehrenreich writes for National Review Online about misguided criticism of one of the nation’s newest charter schools. “Something deeply un-American is underway in the state of Oklahoma,” writes Rachel…
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online takes aim at media pundits who offer questionable readings of constitutional provisions. Perhaps one of our legal scholars could weigh in on this, but…
Editors at National Review Online praise a new ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. If the past two years have taught us anything as a society, it is that American…
Nicole Russell writes for the Washington Examiner about a welcome ruling from the nation’s highest court. [T]he Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that the city of Boston violated the First Amendment…
Neal McCluskey argues in a Washington Examiner column that there’s more to educational freedom than winning the Espinoza case in the U.S. Supreme Court. School choice advocates are in pretty…
George Leef’s latest Forbes column highlights a particularly bad ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1925, a group of citizens in Bladensburg, Maryland wanted to honor…
Sitting en banc in Lund v. Rowan County, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overruled a previous decision by a three judge panel. The Court found that: For years on end,…
Originating in Asheville is a lawsuit. Three couples are challenging new legislation, originally in the form of Senate Bill 2, which allows magistrates and registers of deeds to recuse themselves…
David French devotes a National Review Online column to the campaign to ensure separation of God and football. Over at The Nation, sportswriter Dave Zirin has used the spat to…
George Leef reviews for Forbes readers key points within U.S. Sen. Mike Lee’s book about attacks on the American constitutional system. [A]lthough elected officials take an oath to uphold the…
On Easter Sunday constitutional law scholar Randy Barnett posted some interesting thoughts about the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause and the rising tide of religious persecution, including persecution of Christians.
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”