There is a widespread assumption in American political discourse that individual rights are due to us because we are human beings. In his Second Treatise of Government, John Locke anchored the right ...

The First Amendment and the first presidential Thanksgiving proclamation both occurred in the autumn of 1789. George Washington issued a proclamation for a "day of public thanksgiving and prayer" just ...

After Decades of Work on Speech and Religious Freedom Cases, Gibson Dunn Formally Launches First Amendment Practice The firm’s First Amendment and free expression practice group will be co-chaired by ...

The First Amendment provides protections for religious liberty and free speech, but what happens when those rights come into conflict? The Georgia legislature is attempting to answer that question ...

U.S. Supreme Court The Zombie Rises Again in Religion-State Separation Case U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is rarely subtle when angry. And he has often been angry when evaluating the tests ...

In the aftermath of last Sunday's storming of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, a nonpartisan civil liberties group says that the First Amendment does not protect protesters who interrupt church ...