Supreme Court
An upcoming Supreme Court case could have profound effects on American religious communities. Does the nature of Jewish law offer a unique perspective on the question at hand?
A leading constitutional scholar joins Mosaic’s editor for a discussion on the history of religious liberty in the United States and the legal debate surrounding the free-exercise clause.
The possibility of another contentious confirmation hearing recalls the first the Senate ever held, which just happened to be for the first Jewish justice to sit on the court.
In its most recent term, the court handed down several decisions that protect First Amendment rights. What comes next?
No contradiction.
To the believer, the free exercise of religion is a pervasive thing—an identity, not just an idea.
Government entities in the U.S. still threaten to impose their orthodoxy on dissenters.
Getting the Supreme Court’s Little Sisters of the Poor ruling wrong.
Not just for ministers.
In a word, no.
Religion isn’t one “hobby” among others.
Why Jews should side with the nuns.
The constitutional problem of closing houses of worship due to COVID-19.
A challenge to cooperation between religious groups and government agencies.