Policies and legislation censoring speech and infringing upon religious freedom, such as those in California, Maryland, and ...

As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its independence, old questions have returned about who belongs and whose ...

The Constitution prohibits state-sponsored religion and guarantees freedom of religion. But that doesn’t stop religion from ...

The First Amendment and the first presidential Thanksgiving proclamation both occurred in the autumn of 1789. George Washington issued a proclamation for a "day of public thanksgiving and prayer" just ...

A society in flux Long before the First Amendment enshrined the right of religious freedom, religion was a subject of intense conflict. The Declaration of Independence invokes God in phrases such as ...

The firm’s First Amendment and free expression practice group will be co-chaired by Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Katie Townsend and Connor Sullivan, who have collaborated on a number of high-profile ...

There is a widespread assumption in American political discourse that individual rights are due to us because we are human beings. In his Second Treatise of Government, John Locke anchored the right ...

Religious freedom, Congress unanimously declared in 1998, “undergirds the very origin and existence of the United States.” Presidents of both parties have called it a “fundamental human right,” a ...

Kids should learn about all religions, then as they grow older and more mindful they can choose for themselves which, if any, ...

At South Florida's immigration detention center, known as "Alligator Alcatraz," multiple constitutional violations over recent months have exposed that religious rights are being treated as revocable ...

As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, debates about religious freedom continue to occupy the center of American public life. Since taking office for a ...