As the Kentucky Senate considers a bill for school prayer, a scholar explains the violent history of prayer – and a time when Catholic students were sometimes whipped, beaten and worse for not participating.
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Following the controversy over the resignation of House chaplain Patrick Conroy, in this speed read, scholars explain when the tradition of legislative prayer was started and how it has sustained.
On September 24, 2019, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House had launched a formal impeachment inquiry against the president. But as history shows, the outcome is anything but assured.
The First Amendment protects everything from porn to hateful signs outside military funerals. That includes fundraising pitches of all kinds.
Donald Trump is far from the first president to politicise the judiciary, but the way he’s going about it is uniquely dangerous.
It’s quite possible that neither the US nor the UK will ever return to normal when it comes to political and constitutional balance.
The first amendment protecting press freedom is under unprecedented threat in the Trump era.
Jeff Flake called the US president’s lies and attacks on the media a danger to democracy, but it’s unlikely to change anyone’s mind.
Trump’s America is marked by the clash of intransigent, bitter opinions. And it’s not just about gun control.
From the football field to the library, this roundup of archival stories explores how the First Amendment applies to various aspects of our lives.
A survey asked Americans what they would do if the Supreme Court started making many unpopular decisions. Here’s what they said.
Pardoning a man who has illegally used racial profiling to round up Latinos could send a message to law enforcement that aggressive tactics are OK by the president.
As the Trump team begins renegotiating NAFTA with Canada and Mexico, a key plank in its strategy – a threat to withdraw – may be a hollow one.
Under US law, the president must publish all of their executive orders for public view. The Australian government is under no such obligation.
The rule of law can take on different meanings depending whom you ask and where you are – but in the US it pretty much means one thing.
A president has more than one route out of office – voluntarily or otherwise.
Could Trump be removed from office? Answering that question is less about understanding the law and more about counting votes.
A number of state constitutions have clauses restricting state funding for religious schools. Some of these go back to an amendment proposed in 1875, known as the Blaine Amendment. What is it?
President Trump’s erratic decision making is strengthening international law by upping the focus on the legality of his actions at home and abroad
In the early 19th century Catholics were persecuted for refusing to participate in Protestant Bible reading in schools. In many schools, those opting out of Bible classes are harassed, even today.
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Dean of Economics, Politics & History, The University of Austin
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