Today, the Supreme Court hears arguments in the case of the Mojave National Preserve cross, a question about not only government-sponsored religious monuments but potentially about the general ability of citizens to bring Establishment Clause claims when the state...
ABP's Bob Allen updates the story in which Fort Oglethorpe, GA cheerleaders were barred from carrying signs with religious messages on a high school football field during games. The citizen, Donna Jackson, who initially called in concerns to the principal over the...
A New Hampshire judge has thrown out Michael Newdow's latest lawsuit challening the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. Mikey Weinstein, head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, has filed a lawsuit charging former Navy chaplain...
Today's Washington Post looks at the upcoming Supreme Court term and sees the potential for big changes in First Amendment jurisprudence, thanks to a more "muscular" Chief Justice, and the replacement of Justice O'Connor – Samuel Alito –...
A statement released by the Baptist Joint Committee outlines in clear terms the important religious liberty protections the Supreme Court should affirm in the upcoming case Salazar v. Buono. A citizen’s religious beliefs should not limit his ability to pursue a...
A key issue facing the Supreme Court next week when they hear arguments in Salazar v. Buono – the dispute over the Mojave National Preserve cross – is the question of standing. Who has the legal right to challenge such a monument? The LATimes has a debate...
