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Religious Freedom
November 17, 2020
Matt Ford
The Supreme Court Versus the Coronavirus
Amy Coney Barrett’s ascension to the high court could have an immediate, and lasting, impact on how the United States governs public health crises.
February 18, 2020
Matt Ford
Conservative Supreme Court Justices Take Aim at Scalia
The Roberts court is poised to undo the late Justice’s landmark ruling on religious freedom and government overreach.
January 13, 2020
Magazine
Melissa Gira Grant
Culture War in the Workplace
Inside the court battle over trans employment discrimination
October 15, 2019
Matt Ford
Beto O’Rourke Is Out Over His Skis
Desperate to stand out, he has proposed perhaps the worst idea of the Democratic primary.
February 27, 2019
Matt Ford
What This Massive Cross Really Stands For
The Supreme Court will decide whether Maryland taxpayers should have to support the Christian symbol.
February 12, 2019
Matt Ford
Domineque Ray Died So the Death Penalty Could Live
The Supreme Court's conservative majority will stop at nothing to preserve capital punishment in America.
October 1, 2018
Magazine
Scott Sayare
Terrorist By Association
Has French security law turned holding Islamist ideas into proof of a crime?
June 26, 2017
Sarah Jones
Secularism had a bad day at the Supreme Court.
March 10, 2017
Graham Vyse
Go ahead, Democrats. Support transgender bathrooms.
April 1, 2015
Cristian Farias
Why Arkansas' Governor Rejected the Religious Freedom Bill
It was even more extreme than Indiana's
March 31, 2015
Michael Lindenberger
"Religious Freedom" Laws Don't Legalize LGBT Discrimination. That's Already Legal in Most of America.
June 29, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
The Real Victim of the GOP’s Assault on Obamacare
The Hobby Lobby case killed our national consensus on religious freedom
March 12, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
How "Religious Freedom" Laws Sanction Discrimination
Even where it's already legal
February 25, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Do the New "Turn the Gays Away" Bills Stand Up to the Constitution?
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