Book Review: The Free Exercise Clause and the Rights of Conscience by Donald Drakeman
Why the argument confining the free exercise clause to worship and submitting other liberty of conscience rights to the legislative process falls into a…
Chronological & Subject Repository
Category: Free Exercise Clause
October 2026
New Federal Law Gives Clergy a Temporary Window to Opt Back Into Social Security and Medicare
This act establishes a two-year window for members of the clergy who have opted out of Social Security and Medicare taxes (and are thus…
America Has Plenty of Religious Freedom Laws. Why Aren't They Enough?
iStockPhoto America does not suffer from a shortage of laws protecting religious freedom. It suffers from a shortage of accountability when those protections are…
America Has Plenty of Religious Freedom Laws. Why Aren’t They Enough?
America already has laws protecting religious liberty. The greater challenge is enforcing them, and a single court victory can accomplish what years of legislation…
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Untangling the “Christian Nation” Debate and the Challenge of Pluralism
How believers and secular citizens alike bring inherited moral traditions into the public square without establishing a theocracy.
Before Mojave: Burt Rutan, the Pathfinders, and the Ethos of Direct Construction
How a Church Youth Society Provided the First Runway for Private Spaceflight
Why the Pentagon’s Barbaric Plan to Livestream Execution Marks Our Public Descent to Brutalization
By trading clinical secrecy for high-definition spectacle, the state is reviving the barbarism of the Roman Colosseum and corrupting the moral conscience of the…
An Overview of the 4 Religion Cases the Supreme Court Will Hear This Term
St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, International Partners for Ethical Care v. Ferguson, Missionaries of St. John the Baptist v. Frederic, Grand v. City…
Faith, Funds, and the First Amendment: Supreme Court Opens 2026–2027 Term with High-Stakes Religious Freedom Docket
WASHINGTON — When the marshal’s traditional cry of “Oyez, Oyez, Oyez” echoes through the Supreme Court chamber on Monday morning, the justices will open…