Twitter claims in a lawsuit that the U.S. government violated its First Amendment rights by restricting release of information about federal surveillance.
Twitter says it sought to publish information about…
An Indiana state trooper gave a woman a warning ticket and then a religious brochure after he pulled her over for a traffic stop, according to a lawsuit filed by…
Embattled Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has requested the resignation of a third state official accused of exchanging pornographic emails over state computers.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to decide the constitutionality of a Florida judicial conduct rule that bars judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign contributions.
The U.S. Supreme Court’s summer recess is over and the justices will return to the bench for oral arguments on Monday. The court traditionally sets half the docket for the…
Holt v. Hobbs—At issue: Does the prisoner grooming policy of the Arkansas Department of Correction impinge on the religious rights of an inmate as protected by a 2000 federal statute? Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons.
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The Amish religion is a branch of Christianity which adheres to a doctrine of simplicity, non-violence and forgiveness. How then did a breakaway group come to be implicated in the first federal trial which prosecuted religiously motivated hate crimes within the same faith community?
A partner of a well-known law firm thought he had a constitutional right to talk with Occupy Wall Street anniversary protesters on his way to an appointment last September.
A furor has ignited over a U.S. Forest Service plan to require members of the media, as well as commercial photographers, to pay up to $1,500 for a permit before…
All but one of Montana’s Supreme Court justices have filed an amicus brief defending a rule that bars judicial candidates from seeking or accepting partisan endorsements.
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