The Docket: News and Commentary Articles from ADF

Laws must respect religious freedom and promote justice for all. The Equality Act doesn’t do that. Instead, it threatens Americans’ fundamental liberties.

Then-9-year-old Lydia Booth was forced by her public school to remove her ‘Jesus Loves Me’ face mask.

Many colleges and universities designate an area they inaccurately call a “free speech zone” as the only place where individuals can exercise their First Amendment rights.

Washington State treated Christ’s Church of Mt. Spokane and Westgate Chapel differently than secular businesses.

Skyline Wesleyan Church took a stand after a California agency required elective abortion coverage to be added to churches' employee health-care plans.

The Frederick Douglass Foundation was silenced because government officials didn’t like its message.

After ADF filed a lawsuit on behalf of Hermiston Christian School, the state changed its policies to allow private schools to reopen for in-person instruction.

As a result of a Washington state law, one church’s health insurer put surgical abortion coverage directly into the church’s health plan.

A pro-life pregnancy center in Connecticut saw its free speech rights threatened by the local government.

Photographer and blogger Chelsey Nelson challenged an unjust Louisville law that violated her rights to free speech and religious freedom.