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… Challenges: Protecting Your Rights Before the Government Takes Them Away Pre-enforcement challenges have … have to punish you or violate your rights before you can challenge a law? For well over 100 years, the answer has … challenges are lawsuits brought by individuals who fear that the government will use a law to violate their …

… Should Churches Be Tax Exempt? Why is your church tax exempt? Why … just like everyone else! They have tons of money, so why can’t they pay their fair share? Why should churches get a … community changing into hard-working and virtuous citizens who contribute to the well-being of the community. It is …

… Fellowship might violate the Constitution’s prohibition on government making any law “respecting an establishment of … changed its policy to reverse the worship ban. Now churches can rent the civic center on the same terms as every other …

… Casinos Are Open, But Churches Are Closed? During the COVID-19 pandemic, Nevada … Dayton Valley shut its doors for months in compliance with government mandates, livestreaming its services online. As … Center for Christian Ministries, put it, “The government can certainly prioritize public health and safety, but it …

… Government Overreach Finds Its Way into Girls’ Dorms, Showers … HUD’s directive requires schools to allow male students who identify as female, and vice versa, into the opposite … school into burdensome enforcement proceedings before it can file a lawsuit. But that is not what other courts say …

… pandemic, some took their authority too far. At times, government officials quickly course-corrected after learning … serves Snohomish County and has a large facility that can accommodate around 1,300 people. At the time of COVID-19 … Counsel Kristen Waggoner . “The same Washingtonians who can be trusted to comply with social-distancing and other …

… Have a Viewpoint Diversity Problem. Here’s How They Can Fix It. When corporations lack viewpoint diversity and … attack from our own employer, and we frequently see those who share our opinions condemned as villains by our own … or her own opinion and instincts in order to ultimately decide who gets to say what on one of the world’s largest …

… California Thinks It Can Raise Your Kids Better Than You Can Along with violating the Constitution and federal law, … by giving California courts the ability to strip parents who reside in another state of their parental rights if their …

… saw numerous attempts by state governments to control what churches teach, where they worship, and how they exercise their religious freedom. Some government officials put the First Amendment on hold and … of God are challenging a Washington state abortion law. Who are Jay and Sandy Smith? Jay and Sandy Smith don’t just …

… Ministerial Exception Protects Religious Institutions from Government Interference The ministerial exception allows … critical that the organization—rather than the government—can decide who performs this vital function. This is why our …