Post Tagged 'SCOTUS'

July 15, 2020

Acton Line podcast: Religious liberty at the Supreme Court

The latest term of the Supreme Court, which wrapped up on July 8th, saw the Court decide several cases with major implications for religious liberty. While the outcomes of Espinoza v. Continue Reading...

October 23, 2019

Ginsburg and Hale: Creating new laws from the bench

In a new commentary, Trey Dimsdale looks at winsome celebrity jurists Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Brenda Hale, heroines of the left wing project to change how constitutional law is understood in the United States and the United Kingdom. Continue Reading...

July 11, 2018

Will Brett Kavanaugh defend Religious Liberty?

A few days ago, President Donald Trump named the Honorable Brett Kavanaugh as his nomination for the replacement of Supreme Court Judge Anthony Kennedy. Over the course of his 12-year tenure on the D.C. Continue Reading...

June 27, 2018

Statement from Rev. Robert A. Sirico on the Supreme Court’s Janus Decision

The Catholic Church has supported workers’ rights from Pope Leo XIII’s 1891 encyclical Rerum Novarum to the present day when it comes to defending worker safety and human dignity. Catholic social teaching has never said that people may be forced to join unions or financially support unions, private or public. Continue Reading...

February 16, 2017

Judge Neil Gorsuch: Defender of religious liberty

Upon the announcement of President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, originalists quickly came to a warm consensus, hailing Judge Neil Gorsuch as a strong defender of the Constitution and a fitting replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia. Continue Reading...

September 15, 2014

Finding Hope: Protecting Religious Freedom In Prison

“Prison is a hopeless place.” That’s how one former inmate describes it. What can give hope? The freedom to practice one’s faith, even behind bars and barbed wire. Continue Reading...

August 27, 2014

Actress Fails Logic: Pink T-shirts, Sexism And Hobby Lobby

Despite my esteemed background in high school drama (I starred in several productions), I don’t critique acting, except over the water cooler. I don’t have a clue what it takes to make a movie, let alone make a movie well. Continue Reading...

August 05, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court Reverses Autocam Ruling

A few weeks ago, Hobby Lobby made waves when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the arts and crafts chain in its lawsuit against the Health and Human Services Contraception Mandate. Continue Reading...

July 14, 2014

Catholic Bishops Oppose Bill Aimed At Curtailing Religious Liberty

Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore and Cardinal Sean O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, are asking the Catholic faithful and others to reach out to their senators in response to a piece of legislation known as “Protect Women’s Health From Corporate Interference Act of 2014” (S. Continue Reading...

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