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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “U.S. Supreme Court”

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COMMENTARY: Have corporations become modern-day golems?

(RNS) The rhetorical devices that ascribe the characteristics of a citizen to the legal fiction called a “corporation” are the mud and magic that produce a golem.

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COMMENTARY: Critics of Supreme Court should focus on politics, not religion

(RNS) Even to the most secular of liberals, six Catholics on the Supreme Court would not be a problem, so long as they were six Catholics like Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

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ANALYSIS: Hobby Lobby beat the contraception mandate. Here’s why the nuns may not

(RNS) The Health and Human Services Department has already offered an accommodation to faith-based nonprofits that allows them to sign a waiver giving a third-party administrator permission to take care of the birth control coverage.

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Murfreesboro mosque fight laid to rest after Supreme Court ruling

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) On the surface, the fight was over the minutiae of Tennessee’s sunshine, or public notice, laws. But a thriving anti-Muslim movement in Tennessee fueled the fight.

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COMMENTARY: Town prayers: What does the Supreme Court mean by ‘coercion'?

(RNS) The heart of future litigation will likely be whether the governmental prayer is sufficiently coercive or proselytizing, a point on which, in this case, the court split.

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COMMENTARY: Can there be a rational compromise on the Pledge of Allegiance?

(RNS) Why not have two “proper” forms of the pledge, one saying “under God” and one saying “under law,” and permit students to choose which they prefer?

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Most voters favor prayer, minus Jesus, at public meetings

(RNS) Most voters, even unbelievers, favor allowing generic prayer at public meetings.

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COMMENTARY: Free speech just got more expensive

(RNS) Money turns our ears toward the well-articulated pleas of the well-financed and makes it really hard to hear other voices from the community -- many of whom have legitimate grievances.

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Hobby Lobby case provokes a twitterstorm

Supporters and opponents of the Obamacare contraception mandate squared off on social media Tuesday (March 25) with tweets, snowy images and dueling graphics.

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Justices may decide if photographers can snub gay weddings

(RNS) The owners of Elane Photography in New Mexico want the U.S. Supreme Court to focus solely on free speech -- in this case, the freedom not to photograph same-sex ceremonies.

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Hobby Lobby's Steve Green stands on faith against Obamacare mandate

(RNS) Hobby Lobby President Steve Green, with a life steeped in faith, may be the ideal plaintiff in the looming Supreme Court showdown over religious freedom and the Affordable Cate Act contraception mandate.

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Religious liberty vs. civil rights: A balancing act

(RNS) While religious liberty remains a "core value" in Arizona, Gov. Jan Brewer said Wednesday, "so is non-discrimination." And therein lies the balancing act that's at the root of several other disputes.

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Virginia judge strikes down gay marriage ban

(RNS) A ruling by U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen sets the stage for a possible Supreme Court showdown, though cases from Utah and Oklahoma also are headed that way.

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COMMENTARY: Let Americans follow their religious beliefs

(RNS) Without a positive result from the Supreme Court, the Green family, owners of Hobby Lobby, will be forced to pay millions of dollars in federal fines if they maintain their convictions.

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What's abortifacient? Disputes over birth control fuel Obamacare fight

WASHINGTON (RNS) Religion, medicine and politics shape the way people define pregnancy and abortion -- key points in the battles over the Affordable Care Act's contraception mandate.

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Sainthood process for Fulton Sheen stalled

(RNS) — The beatification of late Catholic Archbishop Fulton Sheen was postponed this week, marking the latest setback on the road to sainthood for the beloved television and radio preacher.  ...

December 3, 2019
By Bernard Condon, Jim Mustian

Surge of new abuse claims threatens church like never before

(AP) — The day the Catholic Church has long feared has come, with 15 states extending or suspending their statute of limitations to allow abuse claims stretching back decades.

December 3, 2019
By David P. Gushee

Christian higher ed can't win the LGBTQ debate unless it transforms

(RNS) — At Christian schools across the country, an eruption over LGBTQ policy may be only a day away.

December 3, 2019
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