On This Day in Church-State History

At the Wall of Separation, Ilana Stern notes that today is the 62nd anniversary of a key church-state decision. 1948's McCollum v. Board of Education determined that public schools may not use instructional time for religious education – even under the guise...

Religion on the Court

Robert Barnes of the Washington Post explores the question no one seems to think he should have bothered asking: "Does President Obama's next Supreme Court nominee need to be a Protestant?"  Clearly, the court thinks of itself as post-religious....

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Post Office Case

An Appeals Court order to remove religious materials from a Post Office operating in a church-run building was left in place by the Supreme Court, which has declined the petition for a hearing. The US Postal Service contracts with the Full Gospel Interdenominational...