free exercise

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The schools, joined by Amish parents, filed suit, alleging a violation of their First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

Legal experts note that faith-led protests often invoke First Amendment protections for both free exercise of religion and free assembly, making these clashes particularly sensitive.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

The parents argued that the free exercise clause of the First Amendment entitles them to these accommodations.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2025

The parents then sued in federal court, citing the 1st Amendment’s protection for the free exercise of religion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

It subsisted no less when Rome ruled from Newcastle to Babylon; for under the supremacy of the Emperor as Pontifex Maximus all the various nations were allowed the free exercise of their ancestral rites.

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)