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Establishment Clause
U.S. Appeals Court: Schools Can Ban Worship
Ruling says New York ban on church services doesn't discriminate against expression. But legal scholars say the decision is unlikely to stand.
June 9, 2011
Standing on Shaky Ground: Pastor Tax Break Threat Lessens
Ruling means threat to pastor tax break may have lost its legs.
May 24, 2011
A Double-Edged Sword
Pastors split over Bible reading in schools as fix for violence.
November 4, 2010
New Rules Worry Christian Colleges
Government's solution to for-profit problems may threaten schools' autonomy.
November 1, 2010
The Cross and the Court
Unraveling the Supreme Court's tangled view of public crosses.
December 30, 2009
Should the Supreme Court Rule that Memorial Crosses are Secular?
Church leaders and observers weigh in on a current debate.
December 2, 2009
Supreme Court Weighs Fate of Mojave Cross
The court considered whether a transfer of property changes a church-state question.
October 8, 2009
Appeals Court Declares Ten Commandments Monument Unconstitutional
Judges say the Oklahoma monument would reflect a government endorsement of religion.
June 11, 2009
Keeping the Commandments
The Supreme Court is thinking more clearly about religious symbols in public life.
March 6, 2009
Justices: City Isn't Obligated to Display Religious Monument
Supreme Court says most monuments are government speech, not a forum.
February 26, 2009
Ten Commandments Displays Head Back to Supreme Court
Can a display be government speech without the government actually endorsing the message?
November 12, 2008
After the Bailout, Government-Owned Churches?
But law profs say church-state problems are unlikely.
October 1, 2008
Free from State Oversight 
Texas Supreme Court says state has no business regulating Christian schools.
October 19, 2007
Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to Faith-Based Office
Ruling says taxpayers don't have standing to sue executive branch for use of funds.
June 27, 2007
The Bagel Between Church and State
Plus: Should we stop talking about the Jesus tomb hoax? A Christian college's bus tragedy, and other stories from online sources around the world.
March 2, 2007
Not a Burning Issue
The Air Force drops a flag-folding ceremony over religious references, and no one cares.
July 27, 2006
Supreme Court Stays Mt. Soledad Cross Removal
Plus: Syncretism in America, a priest's college suit, AIDS fakery, and other stories from online sources around the world.
July 5, 2006
Hide Your Bible
Court says Christians who work for the government can't pray with clients.
July 1, 2006
Federal Appeals Court Says Americorps Can Fund Catholic School Teachers
Plus: Habitat for Humanity fight gets sadder, and other stories from online sources around the world.
April 13, 2006
Intelligent Design Is Too Religious for Schools, Judge Rules
"Abundantly clear" that it's updated creationism, he says.
December 21, 2005
The Court's Uncertain Trumpet
Unprincipled Commandments rulings leave a nation guessing.
August 30, 2005
Broken Tablets
The Court splits the baby and denies the rule of law. Feel united yet?
August 1, 2005
Supreme Court Rulings on Ten Commandments Leave Wake of Confusion
Groups announce plans to create new monuments as court refuses to hear more about such displays.
June 29, 2005
Victory for Religion Behind Bars
The Supreme Court's RLUIPA decision is good, but more work needs to be done to ensure prisoners' religious freedom.
June 2, 2005
Supreme Court Unanimously Sides with Prisoners' Religious Rights
RLUIPA held to meet religious needs of the institutionalized.
June 1, 2005
Divisible After All
More important than keeping the phrase 'under God' is the reason for keeping it.
August 1, 2004
No Jesus Invocations, Says Court
Plus: Baylor regents don't vote on Sloan after all, House votes to take gay marriage out of judges' purview, coveting the original Ten Commandments, and other stories from online sources around the world.
July 1, 2004
Los Angeles Takes Out the Cross
The Thomas More Law Center says that by removing a cross from the Los Angeles County seal, the government is conveying a message that is anti-Christian and violating the Constitution.
June 1, 2004
Christmas in July—Palm Beach Apologizes for Refusing Nativity Scene
Plus: The Episcopal minister who is the new UN ambassador, church growth in Iraq, and more articles from online sources around the world.
June 1, 2004
Court Affirms Rights of Inmates
Prison officials may not place substantial burden on religious exercise
February 1, 2004
One Nation Under God—Sort of
We've got bigger problems than the Pledge of Allegiance.
January 1, 2004
City Erects Pagan Sculpture
ill Quetzalcoatl statue violate Establishment Clause?
September 12, 1994
A guide to church-state experts and organizations
Organizations and experts involved with church-state issues generally define themselves asseparationist (supporting a strong separation of church and state) or accommodationist(believing that the government should accommodate religion to some extent). Each category includes a range of opinions. ReligionLink asked the organizations to define their own stances or used wording from the groups’ web sites. (ReligionLink)
High court supports Mojave cross in Calif.
The Supreme Court said Wednesday that a lower court went too far in ordering the removal of a congressionally endorsed war memorial cross from its longtime home atop a remote outcropping in California.
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