The founders simply wanted to prevent Congress and the federal government from establishing a national religion.

Rights and Responsibilities is a recurring series by Richard Garnett on legal education, the role of the courts in our ...

"I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution," declared Colorado Senate candidate Ken Buck in a GOP forum late last year. This view ...

Rev. Dr. Randall Balmer joins host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush to discuss his latest book, "America's Best Idea: The Separation of Church and State", about a foundational – and increasingly ...

The genius of the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment is found in the balance each provides the other. Ideally, the Free Exercise Clause protects and maintains our ...

Jordan Peterson reminds us that civilizations work on life’s deepest problems for centuries. One of the greatest of those problems is what should be the nature of our government. All over the globe, ...

God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation'—about the famous Scopes “monkey trial,” is timely. Then again, church-state conflicts simply never go away in the United States.

Texas Rep. Nate Schatzline’s energy was palpable as he gazed out from the video on the computer screen, grinning ear to ear, the sleeves of his white dress shirt rolled up. The Republican legislator ...