By: Staff – firstliberty.org – June 2018 WIN! Government officials tell Mary Anne Sause to stop praying in her own home The First Amendment protects the religious liberties of all Americans to pray and peacefully exercise their religious beliefs – especially in their own homes. After police officers came to the home of Mary Anne Sause in 2013 to respond...

By: Staff – firstliberty.org – June 2018 WIN! Government officials tell Mary Anne Sause to stop praying in her own home The First Amendment protects the religious liberties of all Americans to pray and peacefully exercise their religious beliefs – especially in their own homes. After police officers came to the home of Mary Anne Sause in 2013 to respond...

By: Michael Scherer – washingtonpost.com – July 4, 2018 Liberal political strategists hope to block President Trump’s next Supreme Court nominee by replaying a strategy they used to help defeat the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act last year. The multimillion-dollar plan of advertising and grass-roots activism will focus heavily on convincing two Republican defenders of the ACA,...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – July 2, 2018 Efforts to block the highly qualified Barrett from the Supreme Court because of her faith betray our nation’s founding ideals. If you ever need much evidence that the growing “God gap” in American politics fosters an immense amount of ignorance and occasionally outright bigotry, look no farther than the concern —...

By: Alex Parker – redstate.com – June 28, 2018 As covered earlier today and yesterday, the rhetoric of the Left is escalating to dangerous levels. Within a little more than a week, Maxine Waters called for the public and perpetual harassment of Trump’s Cabinet (see here), Sarah Sanders and Kirstjen Nielsen were rejected at restaurants (covered here), and raging imbecile...

By: First Liberty Institue – firstliberty.org – June 28, 2018 Christmas In July! As Supreme Court term closes, First Liberty celebrates several victories that could change landscape of religious liberty Dear Friend of Liberty, This week has truly felt like Christmas in July. Today, we have yet another major religious freedom victory to announce as we head into the 4th of...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – June 27, 2018 Earlier this afternoon, Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement. Court observers long thought it was possible that he’d step down after this most recent term, but now it’s confirmed. The moment has arrived. In the first two years of his first term, President Trump is set to nominate just as many...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – June 27, 2018 Earlier this afternoon, Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement. Court observers long thought it was possible that he’d step down after this most recent term, but now it’s confirmed. The moment has arrived. In the first two years of his first term, President Trump is set to nominate just as many...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – June 27, 2018 In Janus v. AFSCME, the court struck a strong blow against government-compelled speech for the third time this term. Perhaps the worst government affront to the rights of conscience, far worse than mere censorship, is compelled speech, the practice of forcing Americans to fund or express ideas they find abhorrent. It’s...

By: Adam Liptak & Michael D. Shear – www.nytimes.com – June 26, 2018 The Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s ban on travel from several predominantly Muslim countries, delivering to the president on Tuesday a political victory and an endorsement of his power to control immigration at a time of political upheaval about the treatment of migrants at the Mexican border....