States that have constitutional provisions that prohibit public aid to all private schools, regardless of whether or not they are religiously affiliated, might have a substantial argument against school voucher claims under Trinity Lutheran v. Comer.
States prohibiting all non-public school funding may escape Trinity Lutheran impact Read More »
Supreme Court sends voucher cases back to the lower courts “for further consideration in light of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc., v. Comer.”
Supreme Court asks lower courts to apply Trinity reasoning to school voucher cases Read More »
The Supreme Court decision in Trinity Lutheran Church v. Comer changes 200 years of Establishment Clause precedent and puts churches at risk of regulation.
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By Michael D. Peabody, Esq. n a study released June 11, 2017, researchers from Yale and Harvard concluded that Seventh-day Adventist clergy in the United States are the most evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans when it comes
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There are several reasons why the Supreme Court may decide to hear this case when it declined to hear previous religious exception cases.
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The pensions of employees of church-affiliated organizations are not subject to federal solvency requirements that apply to secular organizations
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In a narrowly drafted opinion, the Kentucky Court of Appeals has ruled that the government could not compel a Christian printer to promote messages that violated his religious beliefs.
Kentucky Appeals Court upholds free speech rights of Christian printer in narrow opinion Read More »
Terry Benedict, a producer of Oscar-award nominated Hacksaw Ridge, talks about getting to know Doss, working with Mel Gibson and Andrew Garfield, and verifies an urban legend.
If the Johnson Amendment disappears, local pastors will have to figure out how to address parishioners who want the church to promote their candidate.
Congress has two more days to act to save free speech, but in a year when the Internet has been the biggest thorn in the side of both parties, my guess is that Congress will tragically let control of ICANN slide away. The world deserves the full range of First Amendment protections of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, free exercise of religion, and other freedoms that only the United States is constitutionally obligated to maintain.
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