Opinion: Each of the five protections of the First Amendment — the press, speech, assembly, petition and religion — is being undermined in today’s political climate.

The First Amendment is only 45 words long, yet 235 years of court battles have left Americans fiercely devoted to an idea ...

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion but not every practice is automatically protected. From prayer in public schools to vaccine exemptions and workplace dress codes, some acts of faith ...

A First Amendment controversy is brewing in Oklahoma over a college essay that led to an allegation of religious discrimination and an instructor put on leave. The matter involves an essay for a ...

For Madison, religious freedom was not a tool for political domination. Rather, he saw it as a constitutional safeguard for ...

The early correspondence of James Madison – who went on to become the fourth U.S president and played a key role in the drafting of the Constitution and Bill of Rights – wrestles with the tensions of ...

In response to the injustices of the Second World War, on December 10, 1948, the United Nations’ General Assembly adopted what it called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). On this, the ...

After years of Republicans complaining about censorship, Democrats now have more concern about protecting First Amendment rights. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey ...