Opinion & Analysis
Commentary, legal analysis, and perspective on the pressing religious liberty questions of our time. Opinion pieces represent the views of the named author.

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…

The Gods of Hormuz
Why this war is a collision of eschatologies, not a clash of civilizations

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…
The 15-Day Window: Responding to the Religious Liberty Commission’s Draft Report
At the bottom of the seventh page of the newly released draft report from the Presidential Religious Liberty…
Washington Adventist University Honors College Responds to Religious Liberty Commission Report
Professors Nicholas Miller and Jonathan Scriven at Washington Adventist University Honors College Center for Law and Public Policy…
Founder’s First Freedom Sponsors Scholarly Conference on the 250th Anniversary of US Declaration of Independence
Conference attendees at Monticello where they were given a tour by curator and WAU graduate Kevin Gurubatham Prominent…
The Padded Cell: What Passes for Freedom in Scandinavia
Somewhere in the frozen civic imagination of the American progressive there lives a fantasy Scandinavia, a land of…
Eleventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal in Airline Vaccine Mandate Suit, Sanctions Counsel for AI-Generated Citations
TLDR The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of an employment lawsuit against Atlas Air and…
The Ongoing Fight Over End-of-Life Laws in the UK Parliament
The United Kingdom is currently grappling with the profound ethical, medical, and legal implications of proposed assisted dying…
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…

The Ongoing Fight Over End-of-Life Laws in the UK Parliament
The United Kingdom is currently grappling with the profound ethical, medical, and legal implications of proposed assisted dying…

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…

The Padded Cell: What Passes for Freedom in Scandinavia
Somewhere in the frozen civic imagination of the American progressive there lives a fantasy Scandinavia, a land of…

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,…

Washington Adventist University Honors College Responds to Religious Liberty Commission Report
Professors Nicholas Miller and Jonathan Scriven at Washington Adventist University Honors College Center for Law and Public Policy…

The 15-Day Window: Responding to the Religious Liberty Commission’s Draft Report
The administration has opened its blueprint for church and state to public feedback. Weighing in requires precision, not…
Socialism Promises. Communism Collects.
There is a trick that has protected failed utopias better than any secret police force. Socialism and communism,…
The Religious Liberty Commission's 224-Page Report: The Good, the Concerning, and the Wall It Wants Torn Down
On June 26, in the Oval Office, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Dr. Ben Carson handed President Donald…

The Religious Liberty Commission’s 224-Page Report: The Good, the Concerning, and the Wall It Wants Torn Down
The report’s central claim is that the “wall of separation between church and state” is a metaphor, not…

Socialism Promises. Communism Collects.
Marx called it a transition, not a destination. From Moscow to Caracas, the bill has always come due…