SCOTUS
Can a public high school coach pray publicly on the job?
By Mark Silk — April 6, 2022
(RNS) — The Supreme Court will soon give an answer.
High court: States must allow prayer, touch in executions
By Jessica Gresko — March 25, 2022
(AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts' opinion also urged states to think about the religious needs of inmates in the context of executions and proactively adopt policies.
At Jackson hearings, ‘What is your faith?’ becomes a gotcha question
By Jacob Lupfer — March 23, 2022
(RNS) — In SCOTUS confirmation fights, belief furnishes a ground for score-settling and partisan whining.
Ketanji Brown Jackson knows what it means to ‘act justly and love mercy’
By Barbara Williams-Skinner, Hyepin Im, and Carlos L. Malave — March 18, 2022
(RNS) — The Supreme Court nominee has demonstrated a high moral standard at every phase of her life.
Americans’ support for LGBTQ rights higher than ever, even as white evangelicals lag
By Emily McFarlan Miller — March 17, 2022
(RNS) — While Republicans and white evangelical Protestants are among the least likely to support three key policies regarding LGBTQ rights, their support still has increased overall in the past seven years.
High court takes case involving refusal to serve gay couples
By Jessica Gresko — February 23, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said the Supreme Court has consistently held that anti-discrimination laws like the one in his state apply to all businesses selling goods and services.
Abortion politics won’t end with Roe unless both sides pay to back up their principles
By Kenneth L. Woodward — January 21, 2022
(RNS) — In a word, Americans must agree to privatize abortion.
Supreme Court to hear case of praying ex-football coach
By Associated Press — January 14, 2022
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Friday it will hear the case of a former Seattle-area football coach who was removed from his job because he refused to stop praying on the field. Former Bremerton High School coach Joe Kennedy’s lawyers say the religious beliefs of their client, who is Christian, “compelled him to […]
On New York vaccine mandate, Gorsuch’s religious liberty maximalism comes up short
By Mark Silk — December 17, 2021
(RNS) — But the Supreme Court's free exercise jurisprudence needs fixing.
Public funding of religious schools is coming. The first lesson is compromise.
By Thomas Reese — December 14, 2021
(RNS) — What religious schools need more than anything is something like the Pell Grants that are available to low-income college students.
Court won’t stop Texas abortion ban, but lets clinics sue
By Mark Sherman — December 10, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday left in place Texas’ ban on most abortions, offering only a glimmer of daylight for clinics in the state to challenge the nation’s most restrictive abortion law. The decision, little more than a week after the court signaled it would roll back abortion rights and possibly overturn […]
Both sides planning for new state-by-state abortion fight
By Ashraf Khalil — December 6, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) — Both sides seem to be operating on the assumption that a court reshaped by former President Donald Trump will either overturn or seriously weaken Roe.
As Supreme Court debates abortion, dueling theologies protest outside
By Jack Jenkins — December 1, 2021
(RNS) — ‘The issue of when life begins has been hotly debated by philosophers since the beginning of time — it’s still debated in religions,’ said Justice Sonia Sotomayor as the court heard oral arguments.
Why Mississippi’s anti-abortion law is also an assault on LGBTQ+ rights
By Danya Ruttenberg — December 1, 2021
(RNS) — Dodd v. Jackson Women’s Health is important to anyone who wants autonomy over their body.
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.
