A deadlock over the distribution of power threatened to derail the creation of a constitution for the newly formed United ...

This Feature argues that constitutionally unenumerated yet nonetheless fundamental rights require judicial protection, but ...

While support for legal marriage for same-sex couples ticks up, evangelical pastors and weekly churchgoers remain holdouts.

Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, known formally as 42 U.S.C. §1983, is a federal law that allows for the suing ...

Today's readings for the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul provide us with a glimpse into the remarkable lives of two early ...

COMMENTARY: Catholics belong to a communion of Christian disciples, and the challenge is to be agreeable even when ...

The Catholic Church has warned the government against countering dissent through intimidation and instead called on the state ...

It is disappointing, but not surprising, to see the DOJ seek to shield and protect child abusers,” Gov. Bob Ferguson said in ...

The Trump administration filed a lawsuit in support of a challenge to a new Washington State law mandating clergy to report ...

The DOJ in a press release announcing the lawsuit filed on June 23 said the Washington law “violates the free exercise of ...

The law requires Catholic priests to break the confessional seal to report information about suspected child abuse or neglect ...

The Trump administration and the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice are going to bat for Catholic ...