/tags/church-and-state church and state en-US WLRN Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:42:01 GMT /2020-11-27/supreme-court-says-new-york-cant-limit-attendance-in-houses-of-worship-due-to-covid Justices said the Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order limiting attendance in places of worship violates the First Amendment. Fri, 27 Nov 2020 11:42:01 GMT /2020-11-27/supreme-court-says-new-york-cant-limit-attendance-in-houses-of-worship-due-to-covid Nina Totenberg, Jaclyn Diaz /2020-01-16/trump-defends-school-prayer-critics-say-hes-got-it-all-wrong The president urged public schools to remember that students have constitutional rights to prayer — but one group says too many schools are promoting prayer in ways that cross the line. Thu, 16 Jan 2020 11:32:17 GMT /2020-01-16/trump-defends-school-prayer-critics-say-hes-got-it-all-wrong Franco Ordoñez /2017-04-19/in-church-state-playground-brawl-justices-lean-toward-the-church At Wednesday's oral arguments, a clear majority of justices seemed troubled by a Missouri policy that bars state money from going to religious schools for playground improvements. Wed, 19 Apr 2017 23:14:00 GMT /2017-04-19/in-church-state-playground-brawl-justices-lean-toward-the-church Nina Totenberg /2017-02-03/the-johnson-amendment-in-5-questions-and-answers The Johnson Amendment to the tax code, which President Trump vowed to "totally destroy," prohibits tax-exempt organizations such as churches from endorsing or opposing political candidates. Fri, 03 Feb 2017 08:11:00 GMT /2017-02-03/the-johnson-amendment-in-5-questions-and-answers Tom Gjelten