Amy Coney Barrett

For ‘sandwich generation’ women, make this Labor Day weekend a Labor ‘sabbath’

By Amy Laura Hall — September 3, 2022
(RNS) — Women need labor unions to secure time for all of our work, as mothers, daughters and employees.

At confirmation hearing, Lindsey Graham grills Ketanji Brown Jackson on faith

By Jack Jenkins — March 22, 2022
(RNS) — The exchange revealed that Jackson identifies as a nondenominational Protestant.

Abortion is not a culture war. It’s women making choices about their lives.

By Amy Laura Hall — March 9, 2022
(RNS) — Christians should not think of a single human life as part of history’s long arc.

Comments renew debate over adoption as abortion alternative

By David Crary and John Hanna — December 31, 2021
(AP) — Discussion of adoption as an alternative to abortion intensified when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks.

Religion at the Supreme Court: 3 essential reads

By Matt Williams — July 2, 2021
(The Conversation) — Religion was a common theme in some of the cases to come before the nine justices in the recently concluded Supreme Court term. Three experts help explain what is at stake.

Supreme Court puts Scalia’s Smith decision on life support

By Mark Silk — June 21, 2021
(RNS) — Justice Amy Coney Barrett outlined why it’s time to pull the plug.

Supreme Court agrees to hear abortion case, a possible threat to Roe v. Wade

By Jack Jenkins — May 17, 2021
(RNS) — The case involves a Mississippi law that would prohibit most abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy.

Sex discrimination suit against Florida church tests ‘ministerial exception’ rulings

By Jack Jenkins — April 19, 2021
(RNS) — A woman’s lawsuit alleging gender discrimination may reconcile unanswered questions about the so-called ministerial exception.

Amy Coney Barrett joins liberal justices to stay execution, grant inmate’s pastor access

By Jack Jenkins — February 12, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The result hinted at Barrett's broader approach to religious liberty.

With his inauguration, Biden makes his return to ‘Catholic Washington’

By Jack Jenkins — January 20, 2021
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Between the institutions representing conservative and liberal Catholic Washington is a thriving local community of ordinary Catholics living out their faith. 

Barr the executioner

By Mark Silk — December 21, 2020
(RNS) — The departing attorney general seemingly went out of his way to reject his church's teaching on the death penalty.

The Supreme Court ups the ante on religious liberty

By Mark Silk — December 3, 2020
(RNS) — With a new conservative majority on the court, the free exercise clause is due for an upgrade.

Sean Feucht’s ‘finale’ worship protest on the National Mall included more politics than usual

By Jack Jenkins — October 26, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Christian musician Sean Feucht's 'finale' concert for his worship protest tour was in D.C. Sunday and the event quickly shifted to a celebration for the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Barrett’s faith views go beyond even many pro-life Americans’ beliefs

By Kathy Rudy — October 26, 2020
(RNS) — Barrett’s Catholicism strictly follows the Magisterium’s teachings that are at odds with most Americans' pragmatic philosophical leanings.

My child with Down syndrome is not a political statement — and neither is Amy Coney Barrett’s

By Amy Julia Becker — October 26, 2020
(RNS) — We stay mired in our polarized political corners if we view women’s choices primarily as political statements when they in fact reflect ethical decisions made in the context of social forces.
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