No Longer Content With Right to Opt Out, Conservative Christians Asking Courts to Eliminate Rights for Others — And They’re Winning
Last week, the Texas Tribune reported that 156 federally-funded family planning programs in Texas must…
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Here’s What Hospital Care Could Look Like in a Post-Roe World
Over two years ago, I and a team of researchers set out to learn how…
Read MoreTexas Woman Opposes Divorce Citing ‘Blood Covenant’; Will Anti-Sharia Law Get in the Way?
The conflict between Shawn’s request for state enforcement of her Christian understanding of marriage and anti-sharia legislation raises larger questions about whose religious beliefs are, or should be, respected under the law.
Read MoreWill SCOTUS’s New Zeal for “Neutrality” Affect its Decision on the “Muslim Ban”?
The Town of Greece v. Galloway decision in 2014—also written by Justice Kennedy—upheld a town’s practice of holding legislative prayer during public meetings, even though these prayers were uniformly Christian. Where was neutrality on religion then?
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What’s So Troubling About Funding a Playground? How Trinity Lutheran Undermines the First Amendment
On Monday, the Supreme Court took a dramatically new approach to the First Amendment, though…
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Because You’re Not Fooling Anyone: Why Trump Travel Ban 2.0 Still Unconstitutional
Trump’s second attempt at banning travel from certain Muslim-majority countries is clearly written to avoid…
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WA Supreme Court: LGBT Discrimination No More About Flowers Than Civil Rights Were About Sandwiches
Court guarantees equality, not roses.
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What Muslim Ban? A Religious Liberty Hearing in the Trump Era
Today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the “State of Religious Liberty…
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The Latest on Zubik v. Burwell: Religious Orgs Propose a Compromise That They Themselves Would Oppose
With headlines like “53 Percent Say Making Nuns Participate in Obamacare Birth Control Mandate is Unfair,”…
Read MoreGeorgia Gov Vetoes Right-To-Discriminate Bill
Yesterday, Governor Nathan Deal announced that he would veto HB 757, a broad religious exemption…
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