Join Idaho Senator James Ruchti, Assistant Minority Leader, who will explore how the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment protects religious freedom. Preventing the government establishment of religion and free exercise of religion are the two core components of the First Amendment. This protection is under threat and the law is still being shaped in this area, at both the federal and state levels. With multiple U.S. Supreme Court rulings coming soon, the future of religious liberty in the United States is uncertain. Idaho is at the epicenter of the American Redoubt, where white Christian nationalists seek to take over local governments. Recent examples in Coeur d’Alene, Moscow, and Meridian will be discussed.