The answer is no, despite conservatives' claims to the contrary. But that does not entirely resolve questions about the wisdom of the policy.
Equal treatment under the law can mean everyone is treated equally poorly
The court held that plaintiffs' sexual harassment claims (under Title IX) and religious objection claims (under the Illinois RFRA and under the Free Exercise Clause) could go forward, at least for now.
Should Israel negotiate with Hamas and Fatah, or are they unwavering enemies in a protracted struggle?
The Supreme Court ruled 7-2 last night to grant Patrick Murphy's petition for a stay.
The facts of this case are very similar to those of Dunn v. Ray, a recent ruling in which the Justice let the execution proceed, and thereby attracted a firestorm of criticism.
The president of the American Enterprise Institute says we need to reboot politics and that libertarians may hold the key.
The Alexandria City Council voted to approve the butchery's special-use permit.
A fight in England between educators and Muslims shows the need for more school choice, not control.
"I want you to know that and I want you to feel that deep inside-49 people died because of the rhetoric that you put out there."
The suspected shooter is in custody.
Both sides agree to stand down. First Amendment precedents were on the baker's side.
Tax exemptions are an argument for treating churches like other tax-exempt nonprofits, not for specially excluding them from benefits available to such nonprofits.
The alternatives suggested by defenders of the monument do not seem much better.
Islam contains concepts or practices that express religious freedom in a significant way but that fall short of a full and broadly respected human right of religious freedom.
The challenge to a World War I memorial in Maryland illustrates the confusion caused by the Supreme Court's Establishment Clause cases.
Let's look at real Muslim countries.
For his new book, Timothy Carney toured parts of the country that are working and parts that are not. What he found is deeply disturbing.
There's so much wrong with her argument.
The justices were wrong to reject a religious discrimination claim in a case where a person sentenced to death was not allowed access to a Muslim cleric at the moment of death. But the decision was not the result of anti-Muslim bigotry.
The Alabama prison allows a Christian chaplain in the execution chamber to pray with death row inmates, but it refused to let an imam inside.
The University of Iowa revoked credentials from Business Leaders in Christ for setting sex and marriage requirements for its leaders.
The Council of Europe's new resolution about Sharia at home and abroad.
A Michigan appellate court correctly enforces a Muslim couple's "mahr" agreement, entered at the time of the couple's marriage and calling for the husband to pay certain funds to the wife -- it's a valid contract, enforceable under secular law, regardless of its religious motivation.
A police official said "manner in which the phrase had been spoken was key ... and added police officers would have acted in the same way if someone had run around a local square swearing loudly"; but the man denies he was shouting.
The conservative justices listed a key factor preventing them from hearing the case.
Four conservative Justices (Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh) so suggested in an opinion today -- and Justice Breyer had taken a similar view 20 years ago.
Shahid Shafi identifies as a Republican because he believes in small government.
When Europe's beer-brewing, liquor-distilling monks combine Catholicism and capitalism, the results are delicious.
Greek law had provided (or some Greek courts had ruled) that Greek Muslims' will disputes would be resolved under Islamic law -- but that's forbidden religious discrimination, rules the European Court of Human Rights.
Once again, politicians in the Empire State want to leave nowhere to hide from their control.
India is known as the land of contradictions, and recent events do little to undermine that reputation.
The church faced a dilemma: "choosing between respect for the government and protecting the rights of a child."
Nadine Strossen, Eugene Volokh, and Stephanie Slade discuss freedom of speech, assembly, and religion at Reason's 50th anniversary.
Policing such behavior, the court concludes, is a matter for the states, because it isn't authorized as a regulation of commerce or as necessary and proper to comply with treaties.
The Obamacare contraception mandate is getting a Trump-era overhaul.
A perplexing billboard made their views on the matter unclear.
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