A video entitled "The First Amendment" that discusses the rights that are protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

In 1787, during the Constitutional Convention, 55 men were in attendance as the U.S. Constitution was created. But who were they, what values did they share and what factors influenced the decisions they made?

The English Bill of Rights curbed the power and influence of the English monarchy and gave more power to their subjects. It’s the basis for the rights and freedoms we enjoy today.

Explore the significance of the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment in American history. Understand why these amendments were necessary for protecting individual freedoms and limiting government power. Learn about the rights...

A look at the landmark cases that have helped defined the role religion can play in public schools.

The right to stand up for what we believe in is as American as apple pie and is protected under US law by the Bill of Rights: a list of ten amendments to the US Constitution that almost never existed.

The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the US Constitution. It guarantees all Americans basic freedoms – but those freedoms have always been under attack.

How has the U.S. Constitution endured when it was created over 200 years ago? Why is it still the supreme law of the land today?

SCOTUS Rules on Religious Accommodations

Seoul, South Korea

1. Wide pan of US airplane on tarmac at Seoul military airp
ort
2. Mid of US
officials
3. Car carrying US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Cli
nton, arriving...

1. Close-up of poster for Four Freedoms Awards

2. Close-up of Four Freedoms m
edals
3. Bronze statue showing former US President Franklin
Roosevelt
4. Pan shot across Terry Waite - recipient of Freedom...

The White House has charged nine federal agencies with reversing rules the president called "discriminatory" against religious services groups.

The case involves former high school football coach Joe Kennedy, who was fired after kneeling and praying with students on the field after games.

Pro-choice supporters and proponents of the pro-life movement held demonstrations outside the Supreme Court in Washington DC on Tuesday, as justices inside debated a new health care law that requires employers to...

1. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice walking in

2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of S
tate:
"Good afternoon. I am pleased to join today acting Secretary of State for...

US President Donald Trump is seeking to further weaken enforcement of an IRS rule barring churches and tax-exempt groups from endorsing political candidates, in a long-anticipated executive order on religious freedom that has...

US President Donald Trump on Friday allowed more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women by claiming religious or moral objections, issuing new rules that took another step in rolling...

US President Donald Trump on Friday allowed more employers to opt out of providing no-cost birth control to women by claiming religious or moral objections, issuing new rules that took another step in rolling...

1. Wide of news conference

2. Cutaway repo
rters
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Elliott Abrams, Chairman, US Commission on International Religious Freedom: "The situation in China has grown worse over the past year,...

President Donald Trump is seeking to further weaken enforcement of an IRS rule barring churches and tax-exempt groups from endorsing political candidates, in a long-anticipated executive order on religious freedom that has disappointed...

1. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice walks in

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of
State
"I am pleased to join today acting secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labour,...

HEADLINE: Clash of religion, contraception at Hill hearing

CAPTION: Religious leaders told a House panel Thursday the Obama administration was violating basic rights to religious freedom with...

The Supreme Court says corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.

The justices' 5-4 decision Monday is the first...

Los Angeles, USA - March 16, 20001. Wide shot conference chamber2. Shot of Falun Gong manifesto3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rabbi David Saperstein, Chair U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom4. Wei...