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A Christian healthcare worker is suing the VA over new federal rule she says would require her to participate in abortions.

Former Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) speculated on Tuesday’s episode of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with special guest host Monica Crowley that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and its subsidiary Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are “running assets” within Big Tech companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, and Twitter to surveil Americans and design political censorship protocols.

On Monday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that he’s surprised he has “gotten so much criticism from the left” for his position on Twitter censorship because accounts on the left have run into censorship issues without transparency,

A federal appeals court has permanently blocked the Biden administration’s mandate on doctors and hospitals forcing them to perform gender transition procedures against their conscience.

Faith advocates warned of a potential point of no return, stating that First Amendment protections of religious freedom are “now at risk.”

Gorsuch cited the treatment of Colorado cake baker Jack Philips during oral arguments in another religious liberty case.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced an amendment to the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” (RFMA) in a final effort to help preserve religious liberty before the House votes on the same-sex marriage bill next week, the Federalist first reported.

The Senate rejected Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) religious liberty amendment and passed the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” (RFMA).

Senators voted 61-35 to end debate on a bipartisan amendment to the same-sex marriage bill that purports to protect religious liberty.

Voters in five key states oppose the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” (RFMA) due to religious liberty concerns.

Sullivan and Lummis, who both voted to advance to same-sex marriage bill, said they would support Lee’s religious liberty amendment.

McMaster called the ACLU’s lawsuit a “shortsighted attack against every South Carolinian’s constitutionally-protected religious liberty.”

Lee is holding out hope that a few House Republicans will double back on their initial support for the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act.”

Lawmakers voted for the measure 62-37 after a bipartisan group of senators added a clause about religious liberty.

Sen. Mike Lee stressed the need to protect adversarial procedure in the American justice system, saying “if the adversarial system doesn’t work, you will lose your rights, you will lose your liberty, potentially culminating in a full loss of life, liberty, and/or property.”

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia — Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said that the First Amendment right to freely associate was the most violated right by the government during coronavirus, granting it the ability to violate “all of our other rights.”

A high school football coach in Washington State who was fired for praying with players after games will be reinstated as an assistant coach at the same high school that fired him.

Dr. Anthony Fauci and other White House officials must testify under oath in a lawsuit alleging the Biden administration colluded with Facebook and Twitter to suppress free speech regarding coronavirus, a federal court ordered on Friday.

Thirteen state attorneys general have warned U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland against prosecuting critics of child gender transition surgeries.

Yeshiva University faces the dilemma of temporarily embracing LGBT policies that violate the school’s Jewish faith or risking contempt of court, after the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to lift a temporary stay that protected the school while administrators defend the religious institution against a discrimination lawsuit.

A Kansas teacher was awarded $95,000 in damages and attorneys fees from a lawsuit regarding her refusal to use a student’s “preferred pronouns.”

Texas is leading the charge to restore historical expressions of faith and patriotism by encouraging “In God We Trust” signs in public schools, which under the Supreme Court’s recent Kennedy decision is almost certain to withstand any legal challenges.

Trump-appointee Judge James Ho accused United Airlines of “coerc[ing] its employees into violating their religious beliefs.”

A riff between two judges in the United States’ most conservative federal appeals court reflects the ongoing debate of accountability when a government potentially breaches the First Amendment.

The Biden administration is appealing a district court decision in order to force doctors to perform gender transition procedures on children.

A University of Washington professor is suing the school after the administration punished him for not including a Native American “land acknowledgement” in his class syllabus.

The Supreme Court on Monday sided 6-3 with a football coach who was fired for praying on the field after games, marking another win for religious liberty delivered by the conservative-leaning court.

Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville, Georgia, will pay $800,000 to settle a free speech lawsuit filed by a Christian student it had censored, according to Alliance Defending Freedom.

WASHINGTON, DC – The Supreme Court is expected in the next seven days to hand down five major decisions, three of which will be huge, and potentially material for the history books –on abortion, the Second Amendment, and religious liberty.

The Supreme Court sided 6-3 against Maine’s education program, which excludes tuition assistance for students attending religious schools.

WASHINGTON, DC – Time is ticking as the Supreme Court has three weeks left on its official calendar to decide 29 cases – including six major cases, half of which are likely historic – or extend its sessions into July, with profound decisions to make on abortion, the Second Amendment, and religious liberty.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) has filed a brief in support of a West Point, Virginia, teacher who was fired for refusing to use the preferred pronoun of a transgender student.

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is threatening to revoke the teaching license of a school counselor who spoke out against the predations of gender ideology at a feminist rally.

Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) introduced an amendment to the “Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act” that would protect concerned parents speaking at school board meetings from becoming federal domestic terrorism targets.

The U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision cited First Amendment concerns when striking down a portion of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law in a case brought by Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) 2018 reelection campaign.

James O’Keefe’s investigative outlet, Project Veritas, reported Wednesday that a source within the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had revealed that the agency is targeting the “news media,” including Project Veritas itself.