Education
Supreme Court Delivers Victory for Religious Freedom
The Supreme Court has given families and school choice advocates another reason to smile. In a 6-3 decision on Tuesday, the Court ruled in Carson v Makin that Maine violated…
Free Exercise Clause
prohibits the U.S. Congress from prohibiting freedom of religion
Law & Public Safety
“There is no world in which the Constitution permits Nevada to favor Caesars Palace over Calvary Chapel.”
That’s the closing line in Justice Gorsuch’s dissent in CALVARY CHAPEL DAYTON VALLEY v. STEVE SISOLAK, GOVERNOR OF NEVADA. Calvery Chapel had requested a preliminary injuction against an executive order…
Education
National Review editors say good riddance to Blaine Amendments
Editors at National Review Online praise a U.S. Supreme Court ruling with significant implications for school choice. It took a century and a half, but the Supreme Court finally rejected…
Liberty
Keep your religion out of politics. Wait, I’m not talking about Moral Mondays.
Freedom of religion is secured in the same First Amendment that goes on to secure freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom to assemble and petition the government.…
Law & Public Safety
Another conservative voice disappointed by Supreme Court’s cake ruling
Andrew McCarthy explains at National Review Online why he believes the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case represents a blow against liberty. One cannot help but be…
Law & Public Safety
Federalist columnist and JLF analyst pursue same angles in Supreme Court’s cake case
In addition to Jon Guze’s excellent analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent oral arguments in the Colorado case involving a cake designer and same-sex marriage, you might want to…
Liberty
I know I might get branded as a homophobe for this but here goes…
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.”
Liberty
It’s a Happy Day
If you haven’t heard, the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of the US Constitution and the free exercise of personal conscience, and not some freakish twist of either today…
Liberty
And the First Amendment comes tumbling down
Obama has declared war on the Catholic Church and all of our First Amendment freedoms are at stake. First the President tramples on the the free exercise clause of the…
Health Care
Catholic bishops take on Obamacare’s assault on religious freedom
This past Sunday, Catholic priests across the country read to their congregations versions a letter in response to Obamacare’s assault on religious freedom (emphasis in original): The U.S. Department of…
Liberty
Whose Conscience Is It, Anyway?
Last week, a federal court ruled it was un-Constitutional for North Carolina county commissioners to mention Jesus in their public invocations. The logic is that forbidding citizens who pray in…
Liberty
Buncombe County Commissioners Opt to Be Passive
The Buncombe County Commissioners met briefly today. It had been expected they would talk about eliminating prayer before their meetings. The matter was supposed to be scheduled after citizens complained…