Tyler Brooks

B. Tyler Brooks is senior counsel with the Thomas More Society.

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Local NC governments may have more freedom of religious speech than they think

Forty years ago, the late Lutheran-turned-Catholic priest Fr. Richard John Neuhaus published “The Naked Public Square,” a pivotal work in which he described the rise of secularism in the United States. For much of the time after this book’s publication, a “naked public square” was legally enforced by courts applying the “Lemon Test,” based on...

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Opinion

Establishment Clause ‘Lemon Test’ lingers despite SCOTUS decision (Part I)

The first sentence of the US Constitution’s First Amendment provides that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion[.]” This is known as the “Establishment Clause,” and to say it has long generated controversy is an understatement. The Establishment Clause has been interpreted so that states, and all other governmental entities (not merely...

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Opinion

Uncharitable treatment: 4th Circuit case could upend NC’s 501(c)3 legal protections

Private religious schools and potentially other non-profits throughout the country could soon feel the ripple effects of an appeal to be argued Jan. 25 at the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia. The Court of Appeals, which covers North Carolina and four other states, will consider whether a private school...

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