The founding fathers repeatedly emphasized the separation of powers between the church and state. They believed it was necessary for each to have their own identity to be free from any outside ...

I had great fun teaching constitutional law at the University of Guam, especially because the daily headlines provided endless exciting examples of the importance of the separation of powers. As a ...

To the editor — As 2025 closes, America must recommit to the profound truth of our inheritance: the Constitution's separation of powers. This vital firewall against institutional power, whether ...

In his recent letter to The Advocate, Robert Young relies upon his First Amendment interpretation of the Constitution as justification for the recent Supreme Court ruling allowing prayers at public ...

Regarding our Supreme Court, I am, once again, puzzled by our country’s claim that we have “separation of powers,” with checks and balances. Considering that the executive branch (listening to Mitch ...

It seems a safe bet that the U.S. would be a completely different country if separation of media and state and separation of corporation and state were enshrined like the separation of church and ...

(The Conversation) — More than 2,000 letters between the two founders are available online. Many attest to their deep commitment to religious freedom. (The Conversation) — Few constitutional ...

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On Sept. 18, State Superintendent Ryan Walters spoke to the “Pray, Vote, Stand” summit in Washington, D.C., stating, “There is not separation of church and state in the Constitution or the Declaration ...

I do not know if the general public is aware that Gov. Pat McCrory vetoed a bill that the Legislature overrode, allowing magistrates to refuse to marry same-sex individuals because of religious ...

Thomas Jefferson wrote “Religious institutions that use government and power in support of themselves and force their views on persons of other faiths, or of no faith, undermine our civil rights.” The ...