U.S. Supreme Court
What is ‘personhood’? The ethics question that needs a closer look in abortion debates
By Nancy S. Jecker — May 13, 2022
(The Conversation) — The definition of personhood is a key and contested philosophical issue that has made legalized abortion such a longstanding controversy.
Why post-Roe abortion bans must exempt religious Jews
By Jay Michaelson — May 12, 2022
(RNS) — Jewish law not only permits abortion, but in certain cases requires it.
Satanic Temple follows ‘Judeo-Christian’ group’s SCOTUS win with flag request
By Heather Greene — May 6, 2022
(RNS) — The Satanic Temple's aim is to test whether the city's court-ordered acceptance of flags from religious groups includes a commitment to plurality.
After winning on abortion, it’s time for Catholic bishops to switch parties
By Thomas Reese — May 4, 2022
(RNS) — Except for ending abortion, the Republican Party has little to offer the bishops. The bishops got what they wanted out of this alliance; it is time to move on.
Alito and public opinion reveal link between Roe and broader white Christian nationalist agenda
By Robert P. Jones — May 4, 2022
(RNS) — Attitudes on abortion are strongly correlated with a worldview that denies systemic racism and pines for a 1950s America.
Don’t let a Supreme Court leak threaten what consensus we have on abortion
By Charles C. Camosy — May 3, 2022
(RNS) — Religious institutions are uniquely positioned to help dial down the temperature on this issue.
How much leeway should the Supreme Court give coaches to pray?
By Mark Silk — April 27, 2022
(RNS) — Is it their duty to pray on the 50-yard line?
The Supreme Court debates public prayer. So should we.
By Jacob Lupfer — April 26, 2022
(RNS) — Proper spiritual discernment could have sorted out Kennedy v. Bremerton School District years ago.
Praying and cussing at the trial by ordeal of Ketanji Brown Jackson
By Cheryl Townsend Gilkes — March 31, 2022
(RNS) — The inspiration and outrage of an accomplished Black woman's confirmation hearings
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.
Abortion is not a culture war. It’s women making choices about their lives.
By Amy Laura Hall — March 9, 2022
(RNS) — Christians should not think of a single human life as part of history’s long arc.
Can a Christian flag fly at City Hall? The Supreme Court will have to decide
By Mark Satta — February 7, 2022
(The Conversation) — Shurtleff v. Boston, a case argued before the Supreme Court on Jan. 18, raises important questions about free speech and religion in public spaces.
Let’s treat religious liberty like conscientious objection
By Mark Silk — December 21, 2021
(RNS) — Here's a modest proposal for improving current free-exercise jurisprudence.
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.
