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April 20, 2021

The Supreme Court Is More Friendly to Religious Freedom Than Ever—and Not Just Because of Conservative Justices

Victories for Christians are also victories for religious minorities.

According to a recent study, since John Roberts became chief justice the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of religious-liberty advocates in 81 percent of the cases it has heard—compared to a rate of about of 50 percent since the 1950s. The shift has much to do with the presence of such justices as Neil Gorsuch and Samuel Alito, who have an expansive view of First Amendment guarantees, but is not due to them alone, as Kelsey Dallas explains:

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