The First Amendment’s prohibition against the establishment of religion should bar public funding for all religious ...
Such displays were previously thought to be acceptable if certain conditions were met, but an expert said it's become a more ...
The First Amendment to the U.S Constitution begins with only 16 words: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” But Bentley ...
Nearly two years after it last heard a religious freedom case, the Supreme Court on Monday will turn its attention to the First Amendment’s religion clauses as it considers a case about tax exemptions ...
2025 was the year of remedial education for the Colorado General Assembly. Since legislators in the majority just can’t seem ...
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BISMARCK — A group of public school-related bills in the North Dakota statehouse could test the limits of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause — the part of the U.S. Constitution that says the ...
The U.S. Constitution's Establishment Clause creates complexity around government-sponsored religious holiday displays.
(RNS) — In oral arguments before the state Supreme Court, Texas’ deputy solicitor general argued that the amendment was ‘not a Swiss Army knife of religious liberty’ and that ‘the amendment’s scope is ...
Within weeks of retaking the White House, President Donald Trump boasted that he had “brought free speech back to America.” But since then, he has tested the limits of the First Amendment time and ...
The lawsuit, filed in federal court on Thursday, alleged that district policies violate the organization’s rights to freedom ...
Sen. Mike Dwyer, R-Bismarck, speaks at a Feb. 12, 2025, meeting in support of his bill to allow public school science teachers to teach intelligent design. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor) A group ...