Supreme Court nominee

Moving on from the Kavanaugh case with malice toward none

By Jentezen Franklin — October 11, 2018
(RNS) — Americans need to be able to wrestle with complicated situations in a nonpartisan way instead of being pressured into false choices.

After Senate clash, Kavanaugh nomination an occasion for prayer

By Jack Jenkins — September 28, 2018
(RNS) — 'We pause this day to recognize there are many among us here who have been wounded,' pastor says as both sides weigh the stakes of a Supreme Court nomination for their faith communities.

Who among us? What the Kavanaugh hearings can teach us about forgiveness

By Katelyn Beaty — September 28, 2018
(RNS) — Time might make memories fuzzy, but it doesn’t erase physical, emotional and spiritual wounds.

White boys will be boys: Kavanaugh, #MeToo and race

By Keri Day — September 28, 2018
(RNS) — White conservative Christian preachers have tried to excuse the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh as youthful indiscretions. But in this country, in short, black boys can never simply be 'boys.'

Father Brett Kavanaugh would be suspended and investigated

By Thomas Reese — September 21, 2018
(RNS) — If Brett Kavanaugh were a Catholic priest, he would be suspended and investigated. Should we expect less from the U.S. Senate?

With Kavanaugh allegations, religious leaders remain divided on court nomination

By Adelle M. Banks — September 20, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — Since allegations surfaced of a sexual assault during his Catholic school days, officials in a range of religion-related roles are no less divided about whether he should join the nation’s highest court.

Supreme Court nominee dishes out mac and cheese to homeless

By Yonat Shimron — July 11, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — Brett Kavanaugh stood outside Catholic Charities in downtown Washington, where he spent an hour dishing out mac and cheese to a long line of people.

Faith leaders on Kavanaugh: Defender or destroyer of religious liberty?

By Adelle M. Banks — July 10, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — As debates over faith and culture continue, secularists worry Kavanaugh could be a 'disaster' for the principle of church-state separation, while some conservatives think he will be a staunch defender of religious liberties.

Merrick Garland is Jewish. Does it matter?

By Lauren Markoe — March 16, 2016
(RNS) Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland belongs to a Reform synagogue in Washington, D.C.
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