Over the past decade, the Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that the First Amendment prohibits excluding religious institutions from public benefit programs. Yet some states have resisted this clear ...

The First Amendment to the U.S Constitution begins with only 16 words: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” But Bentley ...

Charter school court cases of the past (and at least one of the future) turn on the wonky term “state actor.” Is a charter school a state actor or not? If a charter school is a state actor, meaning ...

A proposed constitutional amendment meant to protect religious expression in public schools sparked heated debate on Jan. 22 in its final committee stop, where critics warned that the measure could ...

A proposed amendment to Florida's constitution that would formalize the protection of religious expression in public schools may appear on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. The proposal is known as ...

The education landscape is rapidly changing as families and state lawmakers respond to recent Supreme Court rulings that cleared the way for private religious schools to receive more public money. On ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — There is a war raging across the United States on the role of religion in public life, and Ryan Walters is at the center of it. As Oklahoma’s elected official in charge of public ...

Fourth Amendment rights and religious freedom were the main arguments during a court hearing in the legal battle over migrant documents between the Texas Attorney General's Office and El Paso's ...