Supreme Court

California Lifts Capacity Limits on Religious Gatherings Following Supreme Court Ruling

04/19/2021 at 12:53 AM By Kevin Edward White
The court majority noted in an unsigned order that the state’s “three households” rule did not apply as strictly to secular indoor gatherings, such as indoor shopping or businesses such as nail salons, as it did to private religious gatherings at homes. CNA, Naional Catholic Register,... read more

High Court Halts Calif. Virus Rules Limiting Home Worship

04/10/2021 at 2:47 PM By Kevin Edward White
Newsmax, April 10, 2021 The Supreme Court is telling California that it can’t enforce coronavirus-related restrictions that have limited home-based religious worship including Bible studies and prayer meetings. The order from the court late Friday [listed HERE, under "Recent Decisions," at... read more

Wisconsin Governor vetoes COVID bill with religious protections

02/14/2021 at 11:16 PM By Kevin Edward White
Lawmakers on Feb. 4 voted to suspend Gov. Tony Evers’ most recent emergency declaration and to end the statewide mask mandate. By Joseph M. Hanneman, Catholic World Report, February 6, 2021 MADISON, Wisconsin — Democrat Gov. Tony Evers on Friday vetoed a bill that would have prohibited... read more

Justices side with religious challenges to health limits in Colorado, New Jersey

12/15/2020 at 12:26 PM By Kevin Edward White
By John Kruzel, The Hill, December 15, 2020 The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with religious groups in Colorado and New Jersey that sought carve-outs from their state's COVID-19 limits, the latest in a series of recent orders favoring religious challengers to health restrictions. The... read more

Confirming New Justices Is Not ‘Packing the Court’

10/17/2020 at 4:15 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
BY ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS, OCTOBER 12, 2020 David Harsanyi has an excellent rundown on the homepage today of Democrats’ ongoing efforts to redefine “Court packing.” A quick recap of where things stand: Joe Biden has said that he won’t announce whether he supports expanding the number of... read more

IN DEFENSE OF “PEOPLE OF PRAISE”

10/07/2020 at 12:01 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Bill Donohue, President, Catholic League: With the impending battle over Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, many reporters are focusing on a charismatic Christian organization, People of Praise, to which Barrett reportedly belongs. Much of the coverage has been... read more

President Trump Promises To Nominate New Supreme Court Justice “Without Delay”

09/19/2020 at 5:03 PM By Kevin Edward White
By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews, September 1, 2020 President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he will nominate a new Supreme Court justice to replace recently-deceased pro-abortion Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg “without delay.” “We were put in this position of power and importance to make... read more

Pro-abortion Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87, 45 days before election

09/19/2020 at 11:25 AM By Kevin Edward White
Ginsburg had supported partial-birth abortions and homosexual ‘marriage.’ By Martin Bürger, LifeSite News, September 18, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C., September 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Pro-abortion and pro-homosexuality Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died today at 87 years of... read more

Legal Experts Warn: SCOTUS Ruling Redefining Sex Opens ‘Pandora’s Box’

06/24/2020 at 5:49 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
Religious groups and society as a whole, they advise, will be damaged by Monday’s unexpected ruling that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act applies to sexual orientation and gender identity. Lauretta Brown, June 19, 2020 WASHINGTON — Religious freedom advocates and legal experts are... read more

The Supreme Court Is Poised to Deliver a Victory to School Choice Advocates

02/05/2020 at 11:53 AM By Kevin Edward White
By Mark Movsesian, Public Discourse, February 4, 2020, The US Supreme Court seems likely to rule in a way school-choice advocates will welcome. The Court will likely overrule the Montana court and hold a ban on scholarships for students at religiously affiliated schools unconstitutional—an... read more

Over 200 Members of Congress Urge Supreme Court to Reconsider Roe v. Wade

01/07/2020 at 4:54 PM By Mary Anne Hackett
The Court, the lawmakers say, should “again take up the issue of whether Roe and Casey should be reconsidered and, if appropriate, overruled.” By Matt Hadro/CAN/January 3, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of a Supreme Court hearing, more than 200 members of Congress have signed on to... read more

Aborting a Presidency

01/07/2020 at 4:31 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Fundamental Transformation of a Nation, Culture: The Decade in Review

01/07/2020 at 4:10 PM By Mary Anne Hackett

Bill Clinton Admits He Chose Ruth Bader Ginsburg Due To Her Abortion Stance

11/05/2019 at 1:11 PM By Kevin Edward White

One Word Could Destroy Catholic Education

09/09/2019 at 9:18 AM By Mary Anne Hackett

Civil Rights Law Doesn’t Cover Transgender Workers, Trump Administration Tells Supreme Court

08/20/2019 at 9:31 AM By Kevin Edward White
“I could lose my business and life savings simply because I declined to celebrate and participate in a sacred event that violates my faith,” Barronelle Stutzman says. (Photo: Alliance Defending Freedom)

Christian Florist Will Appeal to the Supreme Court in Same-Sex Wedding Dispute

06/07/2019 at 5:51 PM By Kevin Edward White

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s Deep Faith Revealed in New Book

04/14/2019 at 5:10 PM By Kevin Edward White

Mississippi governor signs bill banning abortion on babies with beating hearts

03/21/2019 at 6:09 PM By Kevin Edward White

The International Implications of Overturning Roe v. Wade

02/22/2019 at 8:08 PM By Mary Anne Hackett