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Louisiana becomes first state to require Ten Commandments displayed in classrooms
NPR· 4 days agoSCHMITZ: So Ryland, the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution begins with the words, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. But doesn't a display ...
State budget amendment proposals track toward need for negotiation
The Center Square· 3 days agoAfter that, even in education, things do not align with the respective plans of the Senate and House...
Supreme Court upholds law barring domestic abusers from owning guns in major Second Amendment ruling
CNN via AOL· 2 days agoThe Supreme Court upheld a federal law Friday that bars guns for domestic abusers, rejecting an...
Weekend reads: Dueling budgets, marijuana legalization, and steps to ensure a healthy pregnancy
NC Newsline via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoDueling GOP budgets: NC House Repubs advance proposal that Senate counterparts say is too generous...
Opinion: The Devil and his First Amendment rights
CT Mirror· 4 days agoThis essay recently won first place in the Connecticut Foundation for Open Government’s First Amendment essay contest for high school students. The essay...
Opinion: Destined to be a lame duck
CNN.com· 4 hours agoRep. Adolph Sabath, an Illinois Democrat, was quoted in the New York Times as saying Republican backers of the two-term limit had privately called it “an...
Abortion access has won when it's been on the ballot. That’s not an option for half the states
Associated Press· 14 hours agoSupreme Court overturned a constitutional right to the procedure. The...the Legislature. West...
Bill Ketter: 10 Commandments test 1st Amendment
The Joplin Globe· 2 days agoThomas Jefferson first touched on the issue with his metaphor, in a letter to a religious group, that the Founding Fathers built a “wall of separation...
No First Amendment Protection for "Shouting into a Bullhorn and Blaring the Bullhorn's Siren as...
Reason.com· 20 hours agoOn cross-examination, Peavy acknowledged defendant did not physically harm her, touch her, or threaten her. Peavy believed the bullhorn noise was loud enough to cause hearing damage. On redirect ...
Montana organizers collect enough signatures to advance abortion rights ballot measure
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 days agoA proposed amendment to enshrine abortion access in Montana’s constitution is one step closer to...