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- March/April 2024
- March 1, 2024
The Supreme Court’s “History and Tradition” Approach to Religion Cases The lines between religion and state are about to get even more chaotic. With its June 2022 decision in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, the Supreme Court overturned more than 50 years of precedent under the establishment clause (without acknowledging it was doing so) and
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Unprecedented Emphasis 0
- January/February 2019
- January 1, 2019
“Nothing approximating this high-level foreign policy gathering on religious freedom has ever happened before,” proclaimed Religious Freedom Institute president Tom Farr, a veteran of global religious liberty issues. Plaudits have continued to roll in for the first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, held July 24-26, 2018, by the Department of State, and held at the
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Unleashing the Churches!0
- July/August 2017
- July 1, 2017
During his presidential campaign Donald Trump reported that evangelical preachers had told him that the Johnson Amendment prevented them from endorsing him from the pulpit, so he promised to take steps to repeal it. In a speech to evangelical leaders Trump said, “If you like somebody or want somebody to represent you, you should have
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Unleash the States?0
- March/April 2025
- March 1, 2025
For decades state legislatures have been bound by the establishment clause of the First Amendment. So why are some scholars now calling for “disincorporation,” arguing that states should be free to make laws “respecting an establishment of religion”? The establishment clause of the First Amendment declares, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
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Unlawful Assembly 0
- March/April 2003
- March 1, 2003
Illustrations by Paul Vismara A Christian family living in the Soviet Union sometime in the mid-twentieth century gathers with a few close friends to take part in an illicit activity—Bible study and prayer. The door bursts open, and the KGB storms in. The frightened group is herded off for interrogation, possibly worse. This was a
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Universalizing Support for Religious Liberty 0
- September/October 2017
- September 1, 2017
During the past 30 years, with a few exceptions, the Supreme Court has interpreted the religion clauses of the First Amendment to mean as little as possible. The Court seems content to enforce a minimalist, formalistic understanding of both the free exercise clause and the establishment clause. Constitutional prohibitions will invalidate overt discrimination against religion
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