The Supreme Court’s decision last month to hear arguments in 303 Creative v. Elenis has renewed worry among some conservatives about the fate of religious liberty. Lorie Smith, the woman at the center of the case, probably doesn’t have to…
In February, the Biden administration celebrated the “first anniversary of the reestablishment of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.” Most Americans probably don’t even know such an office exists. George W. Bush had created it to give…
Almost everyone in the intellectual debate over the future of American conservatism these days seems to recognize that the 17th-century English philosopher John Locke is key to its resolution. At one time, Locke was the unquestioned inspiration for the ideals behind America’s Declaration…
Joe Biden is systematically eliminating the religious freedom protections that Donald Trump established. The latest example of Biden’s secularist program comes from his Labor Department, which is planning to undo Trump’s policy of defending the religious freedom of federal contractors….
The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to take up a religious freedom case involving a Christian flag that the City of Boston refused to fly in front of city hall. The plaintiff, Harold Shurtleff, argued that the city violated his First…
While the Supreme Court will take up hot-button cases regarding abortion, affirmative action, and gun rights in its upcoming term, conspicuous by its absence is another area desperately needing judicial clarity: religious liberty. Of the dozens of cases slated to…
While the focus of the legal world this past month has been on major rulings coming down from the highest court in the land — decisions on Obamacare, religious liberty, and college athletics, among others — conservatives’ favorite baker has…
Some good news for believers on the Left Coast: another of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s attempts to stifle religious expression for fear of COVID has been stricken. On April 9, the U.S. Supreme Court, by a 5–4 vote, ruled that…
For six months, California granted Christians, Jews, Muslims, and other religious believers a level of religious freedom resembling that in China. In the counties where 99 percent of the state’s population resides, all indoor religious services were banned. Christians could…
