The federal government’s exemption for quoting religious texts in its proposed hate speech law has attracted criticism — it risks creating confusion, overreach and the unedifying prospect of secular ...

The word “notwithstanding” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the ongoing public debate over whether West Virginia’s religious freedom act applies to school vaccination laws. Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s ...

On Thursday afternoon, in an important lawsuit seeking to clarify which religious objectors will be taken seriously when they seek legal exemptions, a group of plaintiffs in Indiana scored a notable ...

Almost immediately after Dobbs V. Jackson Women’s Health overturned the federal right to an abortion, more than a dozen states passed legislation effectively banning abortion. Soon thereafter, Jewish ...

In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022), the U.S. Supreme Court abandoned its mistaken rulings in Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992), affirming that American ...

Counsel for religious organizations should be intimately familiar with the foundational principles of religion law to better advise the client in both transactional and litigation matters. All ...

WASHINGTON − Speaking to students at Catholic University last fall, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh praised his colleagues' efforts to reinforce the “critical principal” of religious liberty.

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A recent Pew Research Center survey shows that about seven-in-ten Americans identify with a religion. Seven-in-ten Americans also believe in an afterlife. And about half of Americans say that parts of ...