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School Choice and Separation of Church and State
A lawsuit over K-12 scholarships has sparked a battle over the religion clauses of the Constitution.
Battle for the Constitution: Week of Jan. 20, 2020 Roundup
Get a round-up of the latest from the “Battle for the Constitution:” a special project on the constitutional debates in…
Looking back: One of the ugliest protests in White House history
Today marks the anniversary of an unusual event in White House history when President John Tyler's veto of a banking bill led to…
Supreme Court allows more religious symbols
A widely-splintered Supreme Court, speaking through a variety of separate opinions, on Thursday agreed to allow governments at all…
Recalling the Supreme Court’s historic statement on contraception and privacy
It was on this day in 1965 that the Supreme Court ruled in a landmark case about contraception use by married couples that laid…
The Assange Indictment and the First Amendment
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s arrest for hacking conspiracy charges last Wednesday has sparked renewed debate over where…
Justice Thomas, originalism and the First Amendment
In nearly 28 years on the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence Thomas has been its most unwavering “originalist.” That means that…
Supreme Court denies appeal in football prayer case
The Supreme Court has turned down a request from a former Washington state public high school football coach over his right to…
The Supreme Court mulls historic church preservation case
When can public funds be used to preserve historic buildings, if the structures also happen to be churches? A case from New Jersey…
When Festivus was recognized as a religion for several months
Eight years ago, an inmate in California and his lawyer convinced a judge that the Seinfeld-inspired holiday Festivus was a…
