President Joe Biden’s administration was directed on Monday to reply to a flurry of fresh challenges to its private employer COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a Trump nominee, told administration officials to file responses to applications from faith groups, companies, and attorneys general from over half the states in the country by 4 p.m. on … Continued
Several Christian ministries said they would file a petition with the Supreme Court in a bid to block President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for private businesses. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the mandate, enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), in early November but the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted the court’s … Continued
Three companies and Missouri’s attorney general are asking the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to stay the Biden administration’s vaccine mandates for private businesses with 100 or more employees. Three companies—Phillips Manufacturing & Tower Company, Sixarp LLC, and Oberg Industries LLC—filed an emergency application (pdf) for an injunction on Friday, saying the Biden administration is pursuing … Continued
Adoption always has been a loving, life-affirming alternative to abortion for pregnant mothers in difficult situations. It confirms the incredible value of the child in the womb while recognizing that mothers experience hardships that make it difficult to care for the child herself. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett brought up adoption earlier this … Continued
“Fear not.” Even the bravest and best of us needs to hear that age-old message sometimes, whether it’s a woman unexpectedly pregnant, a new father grappling with big responsibilities, or the common people of a nation facing a pivotal decision. Right now, those are my words of encouragement to our pro-life Republican friends, who may … Continued
An evangelical Christian ministry is asking the Supreme Court to take up its 4-year-old defamation lawsuit against the Southern Poverty Law Center, arguing that the “actual malice” standard established in the court’s landmark New York Times v. Sullivan case should be tossed. D. James Kennedy Ministries, the namesake of the late pastor of Coral Ridge … Continued
The two newest Supreme Court justices may end up being the decisive votes as the high court considers whether to upend nearly half a century of precedent regarding abortion. The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case currently before the court challenges the constitutionality of a Mississippi law that bans abortions of babies at or … Continued
The issue of critical race theory was raised during a Supreme Court oral argument on Dec. 8, when Justice Samuel Alito asked the lawyer defending the state of Maine if the state’s tuition assistance program, which excludes Christian high schools, can also deny participation of schools promulgating beliefs that are clearly against the purpose of public education. The argument being heard by … Continued
The U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade ruled that women have a constitutional right of privacy to kill their unborn babies before the age of viability. Melanie Israel of the Heritage Foundation said that in 1973, viability “would have been roughly 28 weeks gestation.” And now? Israel said “that line has moved about a month and … Continued
“We are filing to stay the issue, to get cert with the Supreme Court,” Rich Travis told me. He’s the director of development at the California Pistol and Rifle Association, based in Fullerton. I had asked about the association’s case Duncan v. Bonta, which an en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal recently held … Continued
he late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s previous comments about Roe v. Wade are receiving renewed attention after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a major abortion case earlier this week. During her tenure on the court, which spanned more than a quarter of a century, Ginsburg consistently voted to strike down restrictions on … Continued
The nation’s top court will hear arguments over a North Carolina voter identification law, it announced on Wednesday. The Supreme Court agreed to hear Philip E. Berger et al. v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP et al. Top North Carolina lawmakers, including Senate President Pro Tempore Philip Berger, tried intervening in a challenge to the law … Continued
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