first amendment Archives - Independence Institute

A new Supreme Court case on establishment of religion 0
- August 8, 2019
By the time ratification was complete, the Constitution’s implications for religion were understood: Religious faith was valuable for good government. But government was to treat individual religions equally, as long as they conducted themselves in an orderly manner.
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Two liberal Supreme Court justices slap down the Left’s historical desecration 0
- July 8, 2019
Two of the Supreme Court’s most liberal members effectively told us they want no part of this campaign of historical destruction.
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Jon Caldara Interviews Rob Natelson on Why Colorado’s “Anti-Sectarian” Rule Violates the U.S. Constitution 0
- March 12, 2018
The Colorado Constitution’s ban on aid to “sectarian” institutions flatly violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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New Research Finds Most State Constitutional “Blaine Amendments” Facially Unconstitutional 0
- January 24, 2018
Rob’s new research demonstrates that bans on “sectarian” aid were . . . designed to require state officials to discriminate in favor of mainstream Protestantism and against any faiths they deemed “bigoted” or “extreme.”
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Supreme Court’s Ruling Against the PC Police 0
- June 23, 2017
The Supreme Court’s decision this week in Matal v. Tam sent a clear warning to government officials who seek to curtail speech they deem offensive: We won’t let you do it! The warning was particularly pointed for the PC Police at state universities who try to close down viewpoints they find “offensive.” A federal law ordered the
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Free speech, diversity of through vital to the college experience 0
- April 5, 2017
Recent events on college campuses nationwide make it clear student’s rights to free speech are in jeopardy. Campus leaders have allowed and promoted a type of Orwellian suppression of free expression that punishes deviation from specific lines of thought. Though state legislatures have made efforts to address these problems, far more needs to be done to treat the underlying disease rather than the symptoms.
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