Scalia’s (Not Very Catholic, Right Wing) Originalism
The late Antonin Scalia is rightly being remembered for almost single-handedly creating and promulgating the…
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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…
Read MoreThe Panic Over Churches’ Tax-Exempt Status in a Gay-Married World
A new worry in conservative circles has slowly gathered steam since the Supreme Court heard…
Read MoreIn Marriage Arguments, Scalia Frets Over Clergy Religious Freedom
A Freudian slip reveals something about the Establishment Clause.
Read MoreIs “Religious Freedom” Impossible After Hobby Lobby?
Last week the Supreme Court succeeded in deciding a case that it said was too…
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Catholic College Won’t Reveal Insurer; Yet Another Contraception Accommodation in the Works?
In a twist that shows just how absurd the entire debate over “religious freedom” and…
Read MoreConservative Bishops Get “Different Translation” Dialing Back Language on LGBT Acceptance
Will the Francis revolution be lost in translation?
Read MoreScalia on Muslim Beard Case: “Religious Beliefs Aren’t Reasonable”
On Tuesday the Supreme Court heard arguments in Holt v. Hobbs, a case about whether a…
Read MoreWhy Hobby Lobby is a Pandora’s Box: Ginsburg v. Alito
Apart from whether or not we like the Hobby Lobby decision, there seems to be some…
Read MoreThe Roberts Court’s “Special Solicitude” for Corporations
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), five men on the Supreme Court told us this…
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