The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on a religious accommodation case involving a Postal Service worker who didn’t want to deliver packages on Sundays so he could observe the Sabbath. The decision will set new rules for how strict or lenient an employer must be when employees make schedule requests for religious reasons. Facts…

First Amendment free speech protections are supposed to work both ways. Speech everyone likes is not what needs protecting, rather it is controversial speech that the founders of this nation sought to defend. In the American tradition, the answer to this type of speech has been more speech, because when a controversial speaker is given…

Former President Donald Trump returned to New York Thursday, April 13 for a deposition following last week’s historic arraignment related to a hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels. The deposition was for a different case, specifically the lawsuit filed against former President Trump and three of his children by New York Attorney…

Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky., will have to pay three churchgoers over $270,000 over his in-person church service ban during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic. Randall Daniel, Theodore Roberts and Sally O’Boyle sued Gov. Beshear back in August of 2020. The three argued the ban violated their right to assemble as guaranteed by the…

A jury trial is set to begin April 17 to determine if Fox News defamed Dominion Voting Systems by claiming the company rigged the 2020 elections. In late March, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis denied a judgment on the alleged defamation. However, he did rule that Fox’s claims about Dominion were false, stating, “the…

Is the government operating a censorship regime funded by American tax dollars? Some free speech advocates are concerned that the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency (CISA) has overstepped and is infringing on the rights of U.S. citizens. The federal agency, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, shifted its focus after the 2016 presidential…

Gun rights supporters have scored recent victories in courts in California and Texas related to handguns and the ability to carry guns in public. The Senate is currently battling over a legislative response to the Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc v. Bruen. That ruling declared it was unconstitutional…

Students disrupted a Turning Point USA seminar at the State University of New York at Albany on Tuesday, April 4. The incident occurred when students entered the room where the seminar was taking place, chanting and dancing. At one point, the protesters crumpled a Bible. Some of the chants were directed at conservative guest speaker…

The Ontario Legislative Assembly in Canada has proposed a bill that seeks to establish LGBTQ safety zones and penalize “offensive remarks” near drag shows or similar events in the province. Proponents say the measure is a response to increased violence and consistent with Canadian hate speech laws. However, some critics argue that the bill is…

Cornell University has rejected a proposed resolution to add trigger warnings in students’ syllabi for potentially offensive content in class. The resolution, called Mandating Content Warnings for Traumatic Content in the Classroom, required professors to warn students about content that may trigger the onset of PTSD symptoms. This includes: Sexual assault. Domestic violence. Self-harm. Suicide.…