President Trump has tamed Congress and largely defanged the federal bureaucracy as he pursues his vigorous second-term agenda, but federal district judges have rushed to the battlements to take him on…

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First Liberty Institute filed a federal lawsuit and motion for preliminary injunction against the Town of Chapin, South Carolina on behalf of local resident Ernest Giardino after he was told a permit was required to hold a sign and share his faith on a public right of way.
More than 20 Friend-of-the-Court Briefs Urge Supreme Court to Overturn Santa Fe v. Doe In a show of overwhelming support at the Supreme Court of the United States, First Liberty Institute’s petition in Cambridge Christian School v. FHSAA, filed alongside attorneys from Bois Schiller Flexner LLP, Winston and Strawn, and Jones Day, received more than twenty friend-of-the-court briefs. The briefs,…
The Orthodox Jewish community has faced relentless vandalism, discrimination, and unlawful treatment from their HOA and surrounding homeowners. Boca Raton, FL
WASHINGTON – A federal court today blocked a new Washington state law that would have forced Catholic priests to face jail time unless they broke the sacred seal of confession. The law at issue in Etienne v. Ferguson, which was set to take effect on July 27, required clergy to report abuse shared within the sacred confines of the confessional.
By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – July 20, 2025 Power shortages are coming thanks to wind and solar subsidies. Here’s how they distort energy investment. As we’ve been writing for years, the reliability of the U.S. electrical grid is in trouble. The Energy report projects potential power shortfalls in 2030, as 104 gigawatts of baseload power retire in the…
By: Meghan Cox Gurdon – wsj.com – July 22, 2025 Revel in words and writing. Let the world see you doing it. Writers of horror and dystopian fiction often build tension by adding small tokens of dreadful approach to placid, ordinary circumstances. Everything seems fine, even as the characters glimpse the odd creepy thing. Only belatedly do those in the…
In 1873, Charles Finney wrote to pastors challenging them to raise the moral standards of the nation through preaching. He concluded: “If Satan rules in our halls of legislation, the pulpit is responsible for it. If our politics become so corrupt that the very foundations of our government are ready to fall away, the pulpit is responsible for it.”