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… hands of Congress, the legislative branch. This ensures that the people making laws must answer to the voters. The … executive branch. The term also highlights the fact that we seem to be governed by unelected people instead of by … that many of their lifetime-tenured career staffers can ignore, obstruct, or undermine the priorities of the …

… uses a brush to paint beautiful, unique illustrations. “We bounce ideas off of each other,” says Joanna. “Sometimes … The law even prohibited them from explaining that they can only create artwork consistent with their artistic and … Joanna and Breanna’s constitutional rights, to stand. July 2019 : Joanna and Breanna asked the Arizona Supreme Court  to …

… Court ruled in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District  that Coach Kennedy's personal prayer of gratitude at the end of a football game is protected under the First Amendment both as religious … and as private speech. Read the press release here . Can a public school punish an employee for making a silent, …

… decisions would have changed the musical’s message. That same principle is illustrated by the case of Green v. … help the plaintiff find an alternative pageant. January 2019 : USOA Pageants denied the plaintiff’s application to … stage,” said ADF Senior Counsel Christiana Kiefer. “We’re pleased the 9th Circuit recognized United States of …

… when an Indiana school district instituted a new policy that cut parents out of important decisions about their … have a right to express their beliefs, and public schools can’t punish employees for doing so. Kathy objected to the … Kathy after he learned about the policy. Kathy confirmed details he had already obtained. March 2023: After a series …

… forms around ideas,” Peter says. “There are things that you can express in French that you can’t express as well in … he declined to do so, the school fired him. In September 2019, Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a lawsuit on …

… 14, 2023 Not too long ago, censorship was a practice that most people agreed was harmful to society. Everyone has … is firmly protected by the Constitution. Unfortunately, we are facing unprecedented efforts by public and private … feel “welcome and safe online” than it was that people can “speak their minds freely online.” Of course, the …

… 4, 2024 During the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans learned that, as far as some government officials are concerned, … school life during a pandemic, those officials simply can’t suspend the First Amendment or arbitrarily pick and … to allow Lydia to begin wearing the mask, but it didn’t acknowledge that it had violated her rights. January 2023 : …

… of free speech due to a hostile reaction from opponents of that speech. Written by Tyson Langhofer Published May 30, … silence him or her. A government or administrative force can enact a heckler’s veto by shutting down the speech or … of the heckler’s veto? At Alliance Defending Freedom, we’ve assisted multiple clients who have been shouted and …

… Written by Alliance Defending Freedom Published July 22, 2019 Revised May 21, 2024 Starting a new church is no easy … Island is a small church in Edisto Beach, South Carolina that had rented the Edisto Beach Civic Center for Sunday … its policy to reverse the worship ban. Now churches can rent the civic center on the same terms as every other …