Opinion: Each of the five protections of the First Amendment — the press, speech, assembly, petition and religion — is being undermined in today’s political climate.

The First Amendment is only 45 words long, yet 235 years of court battles have left Americans fiercely devoted to an idea ...

(The Conversation) — In recent years, litigation on certain types of religious freedom lawsuits have been practically run of the mill: prayer on school premises, for example, and government funding ...

For Madison, religious freedom was not a tool for political domination. Rather, he saw it as a constitutional safeguard for ...

On May 7, a devout Muslim was called to give testimony in her ex-boyfriend’s criminal case. He was charged with assaulting her and with domestic violence. What would have been a tragic but routine ...

The early correspondence of James Madison – who went on to become the fourth U.S president and played a key role in the drafting of the Constitution and Bill of Rights – wrestles with the tensions of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A proposed constitutional amendment aimed to protect religious expression in public schools passed its first legislative test on ...

A district judge on Tuesday ruled the University of Texas system’s (UT) new protest rules restricting “expressive activity” after 10 p.m. is unconstitutional. Reagan-appointed Judge David Alan Ezra ...

As we prepare to celebrate the founding of this nation, let’s keep this in mind: Religious liberty is fundamental to American society. It protects freedom of conscience, allowing individuals to live ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday handed down a unanimous ruling in a religious rights case, finding that a Catholic charity in Wisconsin can't be required to pay unemployment taxes when ...