The First Amendment is only 45 words long, yet 235 years of court battles have left Americans fiercely devoted to an idea ...

Opinion: Each of the five protections of the First Amendment — the press, speech, assembly, petition and religion — is being undermined in today’s political climate.

In response to the injustices of the Second World War, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations’ General Assembly adopted what it called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). On this, the ...

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion but not every practice is automatically protected. From prayer in public schools to vaccine exemptions and workplace dress codes, some acts of faith ...

First Amendment freedoms shape how we live, work and connect with one another. These fundamental rights — freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition — form the foundation of American ...

Historians say a White House prayer anthology and 250th anniversary events promote a Christian-centric view of US history.

American Indian religious freedom / Alfonso Ortiz -- Existing federal law and the protection of sacred sites / Jack F. Trope -- Managing Hopi sacred sites to protect religious freedeom / Leigh Jenkins ...

A proposed constitutional amendment aimed to protect religious expression in public schools passed its first legislative test on Jan. 14, despite one critic saying it "push(es) Christianity" at the ...