The new Supreme Court doctrine against religious discrimination Andrew Lewis - July 6, 2022 Conservative justices favor religious liberty over the separation of church and state.
A century ago, Prohibition was about expanding liberty. Then our definition of liberty changed. Mark Schrad - January 17, 2022 Many defenders of Black, Native American and women’s political rights saw Prohibition as increasing freedom
The Fifth Circuit halted Biden’s vaccine mandate. Here’s what the lawsuits are arguing. Miranda Yaver - November 9, 2021 Within hours after the Biden administration issued the mandate, states and employers had filed more than half a dozen lawsuits against it.
Supreme Court justices sounded suspicious of New York’s gun law. Here’s what might come next. Jacob D. Charles - November 4, 2021 Will the court listen to empirical evidence about safety, or just strike down any regulations that didn’t exist in the 18th century?
The Supreme Court faces more pandemic questions this term. Here are 4 takeaways from last year’s rulings. Kyle Thomson, Herschel Nachlis, Annika Begley, and Amy Park - September 23, 2021 The court is skeptical about restrictions on religion and about mandates from ‘the administrative state’
The Supreme Court handed conservatives a narrow religious freedom victory in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia Andrew Lewis - June 17, 2021 New research explains a surprising channel of support for religious freedom claims
Yes, Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld Trump’s suspension. But here’s the bigger issue. Nathaniel Persily - May 6, 2021 What does the decision tell us about how Facebook’s unique and novel institution will shape online speech?
Can Senate Democrats pass Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package? Ask the parliamentarian. Nikita Lalwani / Managing Editor - February 17, 2021 With an extremely narrow majority in the Senate, Democrats are
Biden reverses Trump’s ‘Muslim ban.’ Americans support the decision. Nazita Lajevardi, Loren Collingwood, and Kassra AR Oskooii - January 26, 2021 In 2017, rallies and protests persuaded a big proportion of citizens that the ban was ‘un-American'
There’s a double standard in how news media cover liberal and conservative protests Summer Harlow - January 13, 2021 But the Capitol riot might change that.