Amy Coney Barrett
How Amy Coney Barrett could change the Supreme Court’s balance on religious liberty
By Jack Jenkins — October 22, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Micah Schwartzman, a professor at University of Virginia School of Law, said Barrett could end up furthering an understanding of the First Amendment he finds ‘quite disturbing.’
Amy Coney Barrett’s religion isn’t the problem. It’s her record.
By Sabrina E. Dent — October 21, 2020
(RNS) — Defending the Supreme Court nominee’s right to believe what she wishes obscures the question of her fairness and her qualifications, and assigns Barrett’s faith a legal deference it does not deserve.
Religious identity and Supreme Court justices — a brief history
By Nomi Stolzenberg — October 19, 2020
(THE CONVERSATION) — Religion has always played a strong role in shaping the composition of the United States Supreme Court. The specific nature of that influence, however, has changed over time.
What does the Bible really say about abortion?
By John J. Collins — October 16, 2020
(RNS) — Christians who turn to Scripture to trump political debates on abortion should be reminded that the Bible does not actually say anything at all on the topic. On this issue there is no divine revelation to be had.
Amy Coney Barrett nomination fight leaves progressive Catholics feeling unseen
By Alejandra Molina — October 12, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — This week's Senate hearings may center Barrett's conservative faith, which is strongly anti-abortion and opposed to same-sex marriage, as ‘true Catholicism.’
Barrett hearings will play into Trump’s hopes to claim Catholic high ground
By John Gehring — October 9, 2020
(RNS) — Democrats will walk right into a trap set for them by conservatives if they make her faith the centerpiece of these hearings.
The top three faith moments in the Harris-Pence vice presidential debate
By Paul O'Donnell and Jack Jenkins — October 8, 2020
(RNS) — The two vice presidential candidates rehearsed lines about issues of faith Americans may be hearing for the remainder of the campaign season.
2 justices slam court’s 2015 decision in gay marriage case
By Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko — October 6, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Clarence Thomas suggested the court needs to revisit the issue because it has ‘created a problem that only it can fix.’ Until then, he said, the case will continue to have ‘ruinous consequences for religious liberty.’
Trump evangelical advisers exposed to COVID-19 flout CDC guidelines, preach in public
By Jack Jenkins and Emily McFarlan Miller — October 5, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — A number of high-profile Christian leaders attended recent Washington, D.C., events with people who have since tested positive for COVID-19. Some have chosen to quarantine out of precaution, but others continue to travel and even to preach in front of their congregations.
Evangelical hobnobbing at the White House spreads more than the Gospel
By Maina Mwaura — October 5, 2020
(RNS) — The irony in this is that these men who came to see Judge Amy Coney Barrett be nominated for the Supreme Court support Judge Barrett precisely because of her pro-life stance.
Did RBG beat Trump in cosmic court?
By Tara Isabella Burton — October 4, 2020
(RNS) — As social justice takes on the character of a religion proper, it requires demigods like Ginsburg. It’s a valorization that threatens to rob her, and us, of her humanity.
Amy Coney Barrett and the American wars of religion
By Eboo Patel — September 30, 2020
(Interfaith America) — Support for the diverse faith and philosophical convictions that shape American public life should be a matter of bipartisan pride.
Playing the anti-Catholic card in the Barrett nomination
By Mark Silk — September 27, 2020
(RNS) — Anti-Catholicism in American politics used to be all about Protestants against Catholics. These days, the Catholic right is crying foul, and their opponent is often other Catholic politicians and the pope himself.
Amy Coney Barrett’s religion is important but irrelevant
By Thomas Reese — September 26, 2020
(RNS) — People of different faiths, as well as people of no faith, joined together to support or oppose specific policy goals without having to share the same motivations. What mattered was agreement on policy goals, not motivation.
Trump nominates conservative Catholic Amy Coney Barrett for Ginsburg’s seat
By Jack Jenkins — September 25, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Barrett's position on religious liberty may affect most Americans in any future rulings on the scope of the Affordable Care Act.
