After issuing multiple warnings to Britain First that the group was violating the social-media platform’s “Community Standards,” Facebook has banned the London-based nationalist organization from its platform. Britain First’s Facebook page was taken down, as were the pages of its two…
Wedding cakes are in this season — in court, that is. As the U.S. Supreme Court continues to contemplate whether the First Amendment protects the religious rights of a Colorado baker whose Christian faith led him to refuse to bake a custom wedding…
If you were of a mind to compile an index of government decisions regarding when and where in the United States people are allowed to exercise their constitutional right to freedom of speech and religious expression, you’d want to file…
In an open letter to the University of Alabama, a trio of civil-rights advocates contend that the school erred earlier this year when it expelled a student who posted insensitive and racist videos on Instagram. The letter was authored by…
As part of a White House push to protect religious rights, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently drew up a proposal that would allow healthcare practitioners to decline to perform certain procedures owing to religious objections. The procedures…
Concerned that the robust exercise of political speech could hurt its nonprofit status, Maine’s state university system is working on a new policy that appears to broadly bar employees from becoming involved in political activities on the universities’ time and…
UPDATE: On January 22, a federal jury in Milwaukee found in favor of former county sheriff David Clarke. After deliberating for about three hours, the jury of five women and two men found that plaintiff Dan Black had failed to…
In December the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that is likely to have long-lasting implications on how future federal courts will interpret the First Amendment’s provision that protects religious rights. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights…
