For those of us who pay special attention to the guarantees of religious freedom in our laws, Constitution Day is an important reminder that the extent of those protections we cherish today was not inevitable at our nation’s founding.

As we mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, among the legacies being remembered is the disturbing rise in anti-Muslim hostility here in the United States that followed that tragic day.

The Supreme Court granted a late-night reprieve to a Texas death row inmate and added a new case to its schedule — the first consideration of a request related to the activities of the minister in the execution chamber.

Each vaccine mandate dispute is unique, from the beliefs of the plaintiff and the specific language in the mandate or exemption policy in question to the actions of officials and the state laws that govern them.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to halt a mask mandate in Lansing, Michigan, for schoolchildren grades K-5 attending religious schools.

New Hampshire is the latest state to enact legislation in response to the controversies surrounding COVID-related restrictions on worship services.

In a petition filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, Gordon College argues that the function of every professor at a religious school is ministerial and qualifies for the ministerial exception if the mission of the school is to integrate religion throughout all academic disciplines.

President Biden announced his intention to nominate Rashad Hussain to be U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom. He would be the first Muslim to hold the State Department position.

The latest challenge to Colorado’s anti-discrimination law comes from a website designer who plans to begin offering wedding-related websites but who objects on religious grounds from offering sites devoted to same-sex marriages.

A letter signed by nearly 60 religious and religious freedom groups asks for more action from the administration to protect sacred land located in the Tonto National Forest known as Chí’chil Biłdagoteel (translated as “Oak Flat”).