Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning – from practical considerations to deep ...

The founders simply wanted to prevent Congress and the federal government from establishing a national religion.

Last month, House Speaker Mike Johnson caused a stir by stating in an interview that "the separation of church and state is a misnomer." Johnson was responding to a skeptical interviewer on CNBC who ...

The 5th Circuit must do the right thing and uphold Texas' and Louisiana's efforts to put the Ten Commandments in classrooms.

The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to decide between two competing visions of the First Amendment this term in a pair of cases out of Oklahoma. Under one theory, the religion clauses (“Congress shall ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump sits at a desk as he and religious leaders listen to a musical performance before Trump signs an executive ...

In 'Citizens United to Protect Our Neighborhoods, et al., v. Village of Chestnut Ridge', the Second Circuit considered whether the district court properly dismissed plaintiffs' complaint for lack of ...

The Supreme Court appears ready to approve the nation’s first religious charter school in Oklahoma, dealing a monumental blow to the separation of church and state by effectively writing the ...

This piece originally appeared at Just Security. According to the Supreme Court, “the clearest command of the Establishment Clause is that one religious denomination cannot be officially preferred ...

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at The Conversation. When Louisiana passed a law in August 2023 requiring public schools to post ...