Contributing editor Russell Shaw looks at the recent Supreme Court decision that makes “gay” and “transgender” protected categories in federal job discrimination law and how it might apply to another case that will come before the court in its next term. The
Disappointed prolifers were predictably angry at Chief Justice John Roberts for providing the fifth vote in the five-member Supreme Court majority that last month struck down a Louisiana law requiring doctors who do abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital.
In a 2 a.m. decision July 14 after numerous last-minute filings, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to overturn a trial court order blocking the execution of federal death-row inmate Daniel Lewis Lee.
The court's unsigned order enabled federal executions to go forward.
Lee, 47,
In this issue of Taking Note, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about the Little Sisters of the Poor ministry to those in need in Washington, D.C. After multiple court cases, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the sisters in stating they were not
In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Michael P. Moreland, director of the Eleanor H. McCullen Center for Law, Religion and Public Policy at Villanova University, writes that Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision is a significant victory for religious freedom and a reaffirmation
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued two important decisions affirming the right of religious groups to manage the internal affairs of their institutions free from government interference. In one case, the court held that the Little Sisters of the Poor should not
Supreme Court rules that states cannot discriminate against religious schools by withholding financial aid
In a 5-4 ruling upholding a Montana program to provide student scholarships for use at religious schools, the Supreme Court on Tuesday also in effect repudiated a 19th-century monument to anti-Catholic bigotry known as the Blaine Amendment. Referring to the Montana constitution’s
When the Supreme Court announced June 29 that it would not hear an appeal by federal death-row inmates challenging the method to be used in their upcoming executions, a longtime advocate against capital punishment said the court "abdicated its legal and moral
In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Notre Dame law professor Richard Garnett writes that Monday’s Supreme Court ruling that overturns a Louisiana law requiring abortionists to hold admitting privileges at a nearby hospital “deeply disappointed not only pro-life Americans but all
Supreme Court deals setback to pro-life movement by overturning Louisiana law regulating abortion providers
In its latest ruling on abortion, the Supreme Court delivered a sharp but far from definitive setback for pro-life opponents of the practice. The 5-4 ruling Monday held that a Louisiana law requiring doctors who do abortions to have admitting privileges at