Court expands religious freedom
While much of media attention on the 2021-22 Supreme Court term has focused on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which in June overturned Roe…
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Revisit of ‘due process’ rights led to reversal of Roe
States, lawyers and legal scholars are continuing to evaluate the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which overturned…
Christians react to U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade
Celebration. Worry. Protest. Such are Christians’ varied responses to today’s historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade. That landmark 1973 decision legalized…
What the Supreme Court’s abortion leak means
Within hours after Politico published a draft opinion by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito purporting to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision, demonstrators…
Putting the ‘exercise’ in free exercise
In recent years, the Supreme Court has shown a greater willingness to protect the First Amendment right of free exercise of religion from state and…
Foster care and adoption ministries praise ruling in Fulton v. Philadelphia
Jimmy Moore had been waiting for months for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide Fulton v. Philadelphia. The nation’s high court had heard oral arguments…
Can government ban singing in worship? U.S. Supreme Court weighs in
Legal battles over pandemic-era worship gatherings rage on. Last October’s confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett flipped the U.S. Supreme Court’s script on such questions.…
Going virtual again: Churches return online as COVID-19 cases surge
Amid a nationwide surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths, many Churches of Christ that had resumed in-person assemblies have moved worship back online, a Christian…
Justices flip script on COVID-19 worship bans, but health official urges closures
First New York. Now California. With the addition of a fifth, solidly conservative member — new Justice Amy Coney Barrett — the U.S. Supreme Court…
