A justice of the peace’s volunteer chaplain program that is open to religious leaders of any faith is probably constitutional, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says in a legal opinion.
A criminal defense lawyer in Texas says two judges have issued orders banning his Facebook prayers, a violation of his First Amendment rights to freedom of religion and speech.
Donald Trump’s plan for “extreme vetting” of would-be immigrants may be difficult to implement, but it is likely constitutional, a law professor says in an op-ed.
A Tennessee sheriff’s department has agreed to pay $41,000 in attorney fees and damages to settle a suit by American Atheists over a “He is risen” Facebook comment on Easter.
Updated: The Satanic Temple is planning to introduce an “After School Satan Club” in elementary schools that will “focus on free inquiry and rationalism.”
A Wiccan who wanted to wear a pentacle medallion small enough to comply with prison jewelry regulations may wear the necklace pending resolution of his lawsuit, a federal appeals court…
The American Civil Liberties Union is vowing to file constitutional challenges to several policies of Donald Trump if he should win election and implement them.
A federal judge has blocked a Mississippi law that protects those who discriminate based on a religious belief against gay marriage, premarital sex and transgender recognition.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday noted a potential compromise and remanded a challenge to the opt-out procedure for religiously affiliated organizations that don’t want to provide contraceptive insurance coverage…
Arguments by Pastafarians that they are entitled by their religion to wear an upside-down spaghetti strainer on their heads for driver’s license photos have succeeded in several states and a…
The U.S. government isn’t enthusiastic about the U.S. Supreme Court’s suggested compromise that would allow religiously affiliated nonprofits to opt out of contraceptive coverage for their employees. But the administration…
After a Utah family and their plural marriages became the subject of a TLC reality television show in 2010, local authorities in Lehi opened an investigation to see whether the…