Ratio Decidendi is a recurring series by Stephanie Barclay exploring the reasoning – from practical considerations to deep ...

"This Court should not announce an opt-out right for religious objectors under the Free Exercise Clause that its precedents would foreclose for students objecting to public-school curricula under the ...

It’s a big year for the Free Exercise Clause. In addition to the Supreme Court’s sizable religious liberty docket this term, religious freedom cases have been simmering in the lower courts. One that ...

On December 2, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the matter of Locke v. Davey, a case whose outcome has significant implications for the future of publicly funded school vouchers. The ...

The most prominent Free Exercise Clause cases typically dealt with the disfavoring of specific religious practices and traditions: Amish families who do not want their children to attend public high ...

The Supreme Court appears ready to approve the nation’s first religious charter school in Oklahoma, dealing a monumental blow to the separation of church and state by effectively writing the ...