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Citizenship on Trial: The Long, Uneasy Life of the Fourteenth Amendment
From the Founders’ deliberate silence on enslaved people to Friday\'s Supreme Court ruling, America’s promise of birth-right citizenship…
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Federal Judge Dismisses Parents’ First Amendment Lawsuit Over Religious Curriculum Reimbursement
Court rules Idaho public charter school not required to fund faith-based instructional materials TL;DR (“too long; didnt read”)…
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Cracker Barrel’s Culture War Barrel: How a Logo Became Holy Ground
Cracker Barrel has done the unthinkable: it changed its logo. Not the menu, not the rocking chairs, not…
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How the Ninth Circuit Carved Faith from Fear in the Swab Case
September 23, 2025. Portland, Oregon. The courthouse reeked of bureaucracy and Lysol, like a mausoleum for ideas. Three…
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SCOTUS Allows Enforcement of Birth-Sex Passport Policy While Case Continues
The Supreme Court on November 6, 2025, granted a stay allowing the Biden administration’s successor to enforce a…
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Federal court rules “In God We Trust” does not violate religious rights under RFRA or the Constitution
A Florida federal court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a self-represented plaintiff who challenged the presence of…
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Religious Liberty: The “Constitutional Veto” on Collectivism
Religious liberty functions as a “hard exception” to collectivist governance because it legally privileges individual conscience over the…
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The Fourth Turning: How Refactoring of the “American Stack” is Dismantling a Century of Bureaucracy
Forget Red vs. Blue. The real battle is between the Engineer and the Middleman. From the $16 prescriptions…
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Federal Court Blocks DHS Policy Permitting Immigration Raids at Churches
A Massachusetts judge issued a preliminary injunction against a 2025 federal policy that allowed immigration agents to conduct…
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California's New Fingerprint Law Puts Churches on Notice: Knowing Your Volunteers Is Not Enough
By Michael Peabody, Esq. There is a (hypothetical) congregation in the Central Valley that most people have never…