The connection between religiosity and good grades Written by Churches and other religious groups have historically made an important contribution to education in the United States. Today, many students are educated by religious schools – and that number has...
What is nominee Jackson’s record on religious freedom? Written by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, whom President Joe Biden has nominated to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the U.S. Supreme Court, has been serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit...
Supreme Court to hear free-speech case from Colorado Written by In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, that the state of Colorado had violated the religious freedom of a cake decorator. The baker, Jack...
Illinois case shows how legislators can help protect right of conscience Written by In the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision, which interpreted the U.S. Constitution as requiring states to allow doctors to perform abortions, the federal government and some states...
‘Cert’ history: How cases get to the Supreme Court Written by The U.S. Supreme Court receives 7,000 to 8,000 requests each year to hear appeals from state and federal court decisions. It hears arguments in only about 80 of those cases. It was not always this way....
