Tag Archives: first amendment

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a landmark challenge to Colorado’s conversion therapy ban, setting up a major First Amendment battle that could impact similar laws nationwide. Licensed counselor Kaley ...

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a federal lawsuit challenging Jackson County’s controversial gender counseling ordinance, arguing it violates religious freedom and First Amendment rights. The legal action targets both a ...

Ratio Christi, a college campus evangelism and apologetics ministry, successfully defended its First Amendment rights with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom. In 2020, President Donald Trump’s first Department of Education enacted ...

A heated battle over religious freedom in public schools is reaching a critical point as Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law faces intense scrutiny in the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The landmark ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue decisions this Wednesday, Jan. 15, in pending cases, possibly including the highly anticipated TikTok appeal. The court placed a terse announcement on its website ...

Christians who hold biblical values about marriage increasingly are coming under fire. A group of House Republicans is seeking to protect them. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and other lawmakers sent a letter ...

Christian students and a faculty member have settled a lawsuit against the University of Idaho that limited their freedom of religious speech. The lawsuit, filed by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorneys in April, ...

California pro-lifers scored a major legal victory just before Christmas. On December 23, a federal court granted Life Legal’s motion to block enforcement of a law that criminalizes First Amendment activity outside most abortion ...

A former college coach has filed a lawsuit saying his First Amendment rights were violated when he was fired for removing a BLM poster from his office door at Illinois State University. ...

Abundant Life Church in Lee’s Summit and Jackson County have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over COVID-19 restrictions. The county will pay the church $146,750 and agree that any future health ...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that Americans are free to support nonprofit organizations without fear of harassment. In 2015, a federal lawsuit was filed against then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris, ...

For the first time in 70 years, there will be no public prayer gathering at the U.S. Capitol during the National Day of Prayer. The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, director of the Christian ...

Montana has joined other speech-friendly states in passing its own laws abolishing speech codes and zones on public college campuses within its borders. HB 218 prohibits speech zones, requires school policies that ...

Despite what sometimes seems like continuous negative news, religious liberty actually is winning in the U.S. Supreme Court. A study published in “The Supreme Court Review” says that the Supreme Court under ...

A bill protecting churches from frivolous Covid lawsuits is working its way through the Missouri Legislature. Proponents say with recent amendments, it would provide the highest legal protection for houses of worship ...

Regnery Publishing will release “The Tyranny of Big Tech” by Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley this spring. Simon & Schuster broke a contract with him for his book following his vote to not ...

Ten words.  That is all there are.  Ten seemingly throw-away words at the end of the First Amendment to the US Constitution.  But if you were to take a few seconds and ...

Overwhelmed by all the news coming out about the new coronavirus, including isolation, quarantine, executive orders and the like? This article attempts to place the coronavirus pandemic and recent executive orders by ...

A pro-life crisis pregnancy center in New York has filed religious discrimination lawsuits in federal court. Their goal is to block two laws that force nonprofit groups and religious organizations in New ...

A man who was ticked by police and told to stop speaking to people about his pro-life views is now suing the city of Portland, Ore., for $300,000. This past June, 2019, ...

Churches that teach traditional biblical values may be breathing a sigh of relief that Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke is trailing badly in the Democratic presidential primaries. He made headlines last week by ...

The news media has an image problem and it’s not just with the President of the United States. A newly released poll finds that almost all Americans are “troubled” by the state ...

Media platforms and publishers are a big part of our lives, and they can have a huge influence on our culture. Recently YouTube pulled the plug on, or demonetized, many YouTube channels. ...

Arizona Governor Doug Ducey refused to give in to pressure from a state secular organization this week, publicly affirming that he has no intention of removing religious messages posted to his gubernatorial ...

An evangelical church is suing the state of Washington over a new law requiring employers to cover abortion in insurance plans if those policies also cover maternity.   Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) ...