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… Why Web Design Is Art and a Freedom of Expression As a graphic designer, my designs express a … our rights as artists to create freely. In Colorado, a state law would force graphic artist  Lorie Smith  to express … deeply held beliefs. Lorie challenged that law, and her case has gone all the way to the Supreme Court. In December, …

… Founders understood that the best way to honor the place of faith in the lives of our people was to protect their … drafted a First Amendment designed to prevent the state from establishing a religion and using it to punish … serve only white people or only women. Yet although court case after court case has held that compelling speech is …

… The Dangers of Compelled Speech What is compelled speech? What has the … to not speak messages they disagree with. West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943) During World War … funded the litigation expenses from the beginning of this case all the way through its time at the Supreme Court. …

… and All Americans The Supreme Court ruled against Tom Rost of Harris Funeral Homes in its Bostock v. Clayton County … to detail would land him at the U.S. Supreme Court. Tom’s case was combined with two other cases under Bostock v. … possible. This includes everything from the smallest details, such as leaving a rose when a body is removed, to …

… Standing against the ‘Concentration’ of Public and Private Power In a pair of cases, the Supreme … pernicious form of concentration: the convergence of state and private power. In  Murthy v. Missouri , the Court … that bureaucrats comply with the First Amendment on a case-by-case basis. Rather, it requires the Court, Congress, …

… Not Know: How ADF Helped Overturn Roe v. Wade Many years of planning and tireless work paid off in the historic Dobbs … the U.S. Supreme Court to release its opinion in the case immediately after the leak. And when it didn’t, Court … and added a new “viability” standard to assess whether a state’s abortion regulations imposed an “undue burden” on a …

… legislature enacted a statute allowing taxpayers in the state to donate their own money to a charitable school tuition organization (STO) of their choice. These nonprofit organizations help provide … the 9th Circuit reversed the decision, allowing the ACLU’s case to move forward. ADF attorneys appealed the 9th Circuit …

… The End of the Lemon Test The Supreme Court finally abandoned the … destructive test in June 2022 in the Coach Kennedy prayer case, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District . Of course, in … exercise thereof.” (The term “separation of church and state,” or anything like it, does not appear in the …

… We Must Protect Minors from Gender Transition Procedures State legislators must enact laws protecting minors from … by enacting laws that prohibit the administration of puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries on … toward medical transition—with one doctor from Vanderbilt University Medical Center describing these procedures as a …

… Written by Emily LaFata Published June 6, 2023 Freedom of speech and religion are essential to a free society. But … Journal . The Business Index also provides a roadmap for state officials seeking to hold corporations accountable for … the fundamental freedoms of those they serve—or in the case of shareholders like Bahnsen, of those who own them. …