When Justice Kennedy reigned supreme, advocates on both sides had to frame arguments to appeal to the swing vote's proclivities. Mix a little federalism, sprinkle some dignity, balance everything out, ...

From the Petition for Certiorari in the case, Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist. (for the opinions below, see here and here): Petitioner Joseph Kennedy lost his job as a football coach at a public high ...

It’s often hard to know, at the end of a U.S. Supreme Court term, what was most important about it. On the list for the current term may well be two decisions under the First Amendment’s Free Exercise ...

In the 1990s the U.S. Supreme Court decided a handful of religious liberty cases on the basis of the First Amendment’s free speech clause. The most significant of these was Rosenberger v. University ...