Originalism Needn’t Always Result in Abortion Bans — Just Ask al-Qaʿida?
When it comes to Roe v. Wade, some pro-choice voices have a jihadism problem. Posting…
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Could This Supreme Court Undo Marriage Equality?
When I look at this broken, packed, partisan Supreme Court, I don’t see a guardian—I…
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With This Thanksgiving Bombshell SCOTUS Began Implementation of an Ultraconservative Agenda
The unsigned, midnight opinion dropped like a bombshell on Thanksgiving. Five ultraconservative members of the…
Read MoreChristian or Nothing: Buddhist Prisoner to be Executed Without Buddhist Chaplain (Updated)
In the rare instances when courts roll back Christian privilege, the cries of persecution are swift. But parity is not oppression. And the erosion of unwarranted privilege is not persecution; it is the steady march toward equality.
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From Alito Activism to Sloppy Lemons: 3 Takeaways From the Bladensburg Cross Oral Argument
Far from sending a troubling message, as Justice Alito contends, removing unconstitutional crosses maintained by the government on government land would send a clear and simple message: In the United States, the Constitution rules.
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What Masterpiece Cakeshop Oral Arguments Suggest About the Future of LGBT Discrimination
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights…
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Brownback Nomination Further Evidence That “Religious Freedom” Is Code For “Conservative Christian Supremacy”
Wednesday was a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day for LGBT Americans and those who…
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Did SCOTUS Just Restore Sanity to Religious Liberty Debate?
Largely lost in the (understandable) hubbub about the Supreme Court’s historic Whole Woman’s Health v….
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Religious Right Reax to SCOTUS: “A Spiritual 9/11”
Reactions from conservatives (and those courting their votes) range from angry to apoplectic. With a strong dose of the ridiculous.
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In Marriage Decision, An Ode to Love and Four Provocations
Today’s majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, striking down state bans on same-sex marriage, is…
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