The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered parties to submit additional briefs in a case challenging the procedure to opt out of required contraceptive coverage for employees.
Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday as they considered the legality of an opt-out procedure for religiously affiliated organizations that don’t want to provide contraceptive insurance…
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday on a challenge to the opt-out procedure offered to nonprofits with religious affiliations that allows them to avoid providing contraceptive coverage…
After nearly two months of trial and three days of deliberation, on Monday a federal jury in Phoenix found that two adjacent towns dominated by a polygamous sect have violated…
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. on Monday said he would have agreed to hear a pro se prisoner’s challenge to restrictions on practicing the Jewish religion.
The death of Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday leaves the U.S. Supreme Court without a conservative majority and has the potential to affect several high-profile cases.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide the constitutionality of Missouri’s refusal to allow a church to participate in a grant program for safer playground surfaces.
A lawyer who previously fought without success to remove the words “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance has taken on a new constitutional battle over the rights of atheists.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is accusing the state bar of religious discrimination for a decision to deny continuing legal education credit to a program on faith and law.
A Christian couple who occasionally spanked their children as part of their faith were properly turned down in their bid to become foster parents, the top court in Massachusetts has…
A Catholic prep school in Massachusetts violated the state’s anti-discrimination law when it rescinded a job offer to a man in a same-sex marriage, a judge has held.
The Alaska Commission on Judicial Conduct has recommended a public censure for a judge who apologized for inappropriate comments and said he has “quit going off script.”
Donald Trump’s plan to ban Muslim immigrants would violate international law, but the U.S. Supreme Court would likely uphold it anyway, according to several legal experts. Others, however, believed the…
According to Judge Richard Posner, Justice Antonin Scalia’s establishment clause jurisprudence is so deferential to religion that he would probably uphold the constitutionality of a sign on the White House…
When Lindsay Miller initially tried to get her driver’s license photo taken with a pasta strainer on her head, the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles balked.