Impassioned debates over religion and politics took place on the Senate floor Wednesday. What began as a disagreement on ...

The 10 Commandments law returned to court last week where the plaintiffs argued that the law violated the establishment clause of the First ...

The founders simply wanted to prevent Congress and the federal government from establishing a national religion.

WASHINGTON — American presidents have long tested the bounds of First Amendment protections. From John Adams enforcing the Sedition Act that criminalized critical speech, to Woodrow Wilson suppressing ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued a legal opinion arguing the state law that requires charter schools to be “nonsectarian” and “nonreligious” likely ...

The church has moved to dismiss the case because of the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine—a legal principle rooted in the First Amendment’s Free Exercise clause that limits secular courts’ authority ...

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion but not every practice is automatically protected. From prayer in public schools to vaccine exemptions and workplace dress codes, some acts of faith ...

Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. Joe previously covered breaking news for Forbes and local news in Boston. In the week since conservative activist Charlie Kirk was ...

Within weeks of retaking the White House, President Donald Trump boasted that he had “brought free speech back to America.” But since then, he has tested the limits of the First Amendment time and ...