On March 24, 2014, the Canadian Supreme Court heard the important case of Loyola High School, a Catholic school in Quebec. The province of Quebec…
Watch Ken Starr (Baylor University) and Alan Dershowitz (Harvard Law School) discuss the Hobby Lobby case and the HHS contraceptives mandate at the March 24…
Liberal and progressive organizations have joined Tea Party and conservative organizations to heavily criticize the IRS’s proposed new regulations on political activity by 501(c)(4) organizations….
Tax reform, and with it, the possibility that the tax deduction for charitable contributions will be diminished–made less valuable or (less likely) be redefined to…
It is not an easy matter to protect everyone’s legitimate rights when the different people and organizations involved seem to insist on opposite outcomes. Coming…
The very large number of lawsuits launched by religious nonprofits and by companies of conviction continue to work their way slowly through the courts. Currently…
• Tim Sherratt, “When Religious Liberty and Other Civil Rights Collide,” Capital Commentary, March 7, 2014: “Balancing religious liberty with other civil rights and liberties…
Efforts to resolve American’s fiscal crisis–the large gap between government income and expenditures, annually and as it has accumulated into our massive national debt–could lead…
Many have remarked on it: President Obama’s strong statements at this year’s National Breakfast in support of religious freedom around the world seemed at odds…
Mississippi RFRA bill: does it just protect discrimination?
A Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) bill has recently been considered by the Mississippi legislature. It has not received the firestorm of often-uninformed commentary that…