Antonin Scalia
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.
Connecticut’s religious anti-vaxxers file suit
By Mark Silk — May 4, 2021
(RNS) — Three mothers say a law eliminating the faith exemption for school vaccinations violates their free exercise rights.
Why the Equality Act is no big threat to religious freedom
By Mark Silk — March 25, 2021
(RNS) — If push comes to shove, expect the Supreme Court to step in.
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.
After religious liberty speech, Alito seems poised to kill off Scalia decision
By Mark Silk — November 16, 2020
(RNS) — After three decades, the late justice's notorious free exercise decision is on the chopping block.
5 faith facts on Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Neil Gorsuch
By Kimberly Winston — January 31, 2017
(RNS) Gorsuch reminds many of the late Antonin Scalia in thinking if not in style.
Pence maintains Trump would defend religious objections
By Adelle M. Banks — October 5, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) Many conservative Christians are still upset that in 2015 the Indiana governor backtracked under pressure after signing a Religious Freedom Restoration Act in his state that critics said would allow discrimination against gays.
Scalia’s death a blow to Obamacare contraception challengers
By Reuters — March 21, 2016
WASHINGTON —A 4-4 split would leave in place lower-court rulings that favored the Obama administration.
5 things to watch when the Supreme Court hears its biggest abortion case in 25 years (COMMENTARY)
By Charles C. Camosy — February 29, 2016
(RNS) The court's ruling may define -- or redefine -- some of our culture’s most cherished ideas and principles, says a moral theologian.
Next Supreme Court justice needs deeper devotion to religious freedom (COMMENTARY)
By Oliver Thomas — February 25, 2016
We tend to assume that Republican judges will be friendlier to religious freedom than their Democratic counterparts. The lessons of the last 26 years suggest otherwise.
Justice Scalia eulogized at funeral Mass as man of faith and man of law
By Richard Wolf — February 20, 2016
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court justice's Catholicism was hailed at the liturgy, celebrated by his son, a priest, who also joked about his father's reputation as a controversial jurist.
What Christians can learn from Justice Scalia’s life (COMMENTARY)
By Russell Moore — February 20, 2016
He stood by his principles and he thought with the future in mind, says a Southern Baptist leader of the Catholic jurist.
Scalia mourned by thousands at Supreme Court
By Lauren Markoe — February 19, 2016
(RNS) Braving freezing temperatures, those who came to pay their respects admired Scalia for his jurisprudence, his faith, and -- for some -- simply the office he held.
The ‘Splainer: What to expect at Scalia’s Catholic funeral
By Kimberly Winston — February 19, 2016
(RNS) Will there be a Mass? A eulogy? Lots of sacred music? Let us 'Splain . . .
Justice Scalia’s funeral set for Saturday
By Richard Wolf — February 16, 2016
He will lie in repose Friday at the U.S. Supreme Court before the funeral at the nation's largest Roman Catholic Church.
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