[1.] The Supreme Court has been debating the meaning of the Free Exercise Clause for over 60 years. One view has been that the Clause generally gives religious objectors a presumptive right to be ...

A discussion of the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the US Constitution and significant caselaw pertaining to the exercise of religion in the US. The US Supreme Court recently issued a ...

What if a doctor feels a religious obligation to perform abortions, (e.g., because he believes doing so is necessary for him to be the Good Samaritan, by removing a threat to his patient's mental ...

"The Roberts court is populated with judges who are religious and believe that religious principles, precepts and beliefs are paramount. It is altering the balance between the Free Exercise Clause and ...

In Fiddler on the Roof, the main character—Tevye der Milkhiker—begins the play with an ode to “Tradition.” The song recounts how the duties of religion, family, and work ensure continuity amid change.

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the government from making laws respecting the establishment of religion, prohibiting the free ...

In the 1990s the U.S. Supreme Court decided a handful of religious liberty cases on the basis of the First Amendment’s free speech clause. The most significant of these was Rosenberger v. University ...