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Religious Liberty on North Dakota Ballot (Devils Lake Journal)

May 29, 2011 by Martin Surridge

EXCERPT: A North Dakota constitutional amendment about religious freedom will be on the state ballot next year. Secretary of State Al Jaeger says Wednesday that the initiative’s supporters got enough signatures to put the issue to a vote. It will be Measure 3 on the June primary election ballot. The proposed amendment says lawmakers may […]

Filed Under: Current Events, Legal Issues, Legislation, Politics, Religion, Supreme Court

OPINION: The Good Old Days? Not Quite

May 11, 2011 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

By Brent Buttler – In these days in which people’s rights seem up for grabs there is a tendency to wish we could go back to the good old days when people had more freedom to live as they chose to live. However, upon further research I have discovered that people’s freedoms have been eroding […]

Filed Under: Current Events, History, Religion, Supreme Court Tagged With: A.T. Jones

Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty – Supreme Court to Hear Religious Hiring Case

March 29, 2011 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

This case involving the ministerial exemotion from employment discrimination statutes could have huge implications for churches and denominations.

Filed Under: Church and State, Current Events, Employment Law, Legal Issues, Supreme Court

Advanced Citizenship: The Cost of Free Speech in America

March 6, 2011 by Jason Hines

By Jason Hines – One of my favorite movies is “The American President,” (1995) starring Michael Douglas and Annette Bening. It is the story of a widowed president who falls in love with a liberal lobbyist. He struggles to navigate his relationship with her while also doing his job as the President. It’s a good […]

Filed Under: Church and State, Current Events, Human Rights, Legal Issues, Supreme Court

Ten Commandments’ return to Va. school district depends on legal battle’s outcome

February 27, 2011 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/23/AR2011022306539.html

Filed Under: Church and State, In the News, Legal Issues, Supreme Court

Analysis: Obama Administration Declines to Defend Part of the Defense of Marriage Act

February 23, 2011 by Jason Hines

Today Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama Administration announced that the Justice Department will no longer attempt to defend Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) (which defines “marriage” as between one man and one woman and “spouse” as a member of the opposite sex) from challenges in states that recognize gay marriage.

Filed Under: Church and State, Civil Rights, Current Events, Discrimination, Family, Human Rights, In the News, Legal Issues, Privacy, Supreme Court

In Defense of Separation

January 6, 2011 by Jason Hines

In the past few months there has been a renewed debate about the principles surrounding the first amendment, and especially about what scholars call the religion clauses – “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Prior to the midterm elections in November, Christine O’Donnell asserted that […]

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, Current Events, History, Legal Issues, Supreme Court

Religious Liberty 2010 – A Year in Review

December 30, 2010 by Jason Hines

By Jason Hines – 2010 has been an interesting year in the area of church-state relations, both at home and abroad. While we cannot cover every event of magnitude that took place this year in this forum, we will touch on some of the more important events have taken place over the last 365 days. […]

Filed Under: Church and State, Civil Rights, Current Events, Employment Law, Human Life, In the News, Legal Issues, New, Supreme Court

Michael Newdow – Question to Justice Scalia: Does the Establishment Clause Permit the Disregard of Devout Catholics?

April 28, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Dr. Michael Newdow, an attorney and physician famous for his litigation on church-state issues from an atheist perspective, and and previous article contributor to ReligiousLiberty.TV, has now published an important law review article for the Capital University Law Review that discusses the history of American religious freedom and tolerance and why the majority should carefully consider the […]

Filed Under: Church and State, Civil Rights, Current Events, Discrimination, History, Supreme Court Tagged With: Catholics, Civil Rights, Colonial Era, Constitution, Discrimination, Equality, Establishment Clause, First Amendment, McCreary, Michael Newdow, Protestant, Religion, Scalia

Americans United Praises Justice Stevens’ Record On Church And State

April 9, 2010 by ReligiousLiberty.TV

Americans United for Separation of Church and State today praised Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens for his record of support for church-state separation and expressed the hope that his replacement will hold similar views.

Filed Under: Church and State, Constitution, In the News, Supreme Court Tagged With: Americans United, John Paul Stevens

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Biden admin could hand over US control of health emergencies to WHO next week

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ultimate control over America’s health care and its national sovereignty will be put up for a vote next week at a meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) governing legislative body, the World Health Assembly (WHA).  On May 22-28, 2022, the 75th World Health Assembly will convene at the United Nations […]

Statement on the Leak in Dobbs

The leak was intended to disrupt the processing of the decision and we are not going to dignify the leak or the unidentified leaker by analyzing it prematurely. As a constitutional republic we cannot go down that road without doing severe damage to the institution of the Supreme Court where there must be professional courtesy between the justices and their staffs.

Boston City Hall - photo from Supreme Court Opinion

Supreme Court rules 9-0 that Boston violated 1st Amendment in refusing Christian flag at City Hall

This morning the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Shurtleff v. Boston (Dec’d 5/2/2022) that the city of Boston violated the free speech rights of a Christian group when it refused to allow them to participate in a city flag raising program.

Active Liberty - a survey of Justice Stephen Breyer's religion clause jurisprudence - Supreme Court

Active Liberty: A Survey of Justice Stephen Breyer’s Religion Clause Decisions

A comprehensive review of retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s decisions in Free Exercise and Establishment Clause cases.

Canadian gov’t calculates that expansion of assisted suicide will save taxpayers millions of dollars

In Canada, it is easier for the disabled who do not suffer terminal illness to get approval for assisted suicide than approval for affordable housing. The government has calculated the cost of providing healthcare versus providing assisted suicide.

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