The Wall Before Jefferson
How Roger Williams, Isaac Backus and John Leland built the argument that Madison and Jefferson wrote into law
Chronological & Subject Repository
Category: Free Exercise Clause
August 2026
Capitalism and Religious Liberty: The Case Against Marxism and Theocratic Rule
What Natan Sharansky's 1986 release from Soviet prison teaches about faith and freedom
Parents Beware: Arizona High Court Gives Churches Blanket Immunity in Abuse Case
When dealing with the untouchable monolith of religious institutions, parents and congregants must exercise ruthless caveat emptor—because the courts have firmly decided that the…
July 2026
Nicholas Miller and the Protestant Case for the First Amendment
In November 1769, magistrates in Culpeper County, Virginia, warned a young Scottish immigrant named James Ireland that preaching without an Anglican license would land…
What 1,141 pages of Anthony Fauci’s diary actually prove about sincerity
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Federal Judge Dismisses Interfaith Challenge to Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission
Judge John P. Cronan held that the Commission’s membership satisfies the Federal Advisory Committee Act and that its record releases during the case left…
Catholic Nursing Homes Sue Letitia James Over New York’s Assisted Suicide Mandate
Their request: let dying patients spend their final days in a home built to care for them without also being asked, by law, whether…
Endowed by Their Creator: How Faith Built the Declaration of Independence
“If your cause is just—you may look with confidence to the Lord and intreat him to plead it as his own.
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal in Airline Vaccine Mandate Suit, Sanctions Counsel for AI-Generated Citations
The appellate court upheld the dismissal of aviation employees' challenges to pandemic-era workplace restrictions while strongly condemning their attorney's reliance on fabricated legal research.
Founder’s First Freedom Sponsors Scholarly Conference on the 250th Anniversary of US Declaration of Independence
Prominent professors and scholars gathered at Washington Adventist University’s Honors College from June 30 and July 4, 2026, marking the 250th anniversary of the…