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January 2014

January 02, 2014

Justice halts birth control mandate

Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor has issued an order blocking the implementation of Obamacare's requirement that...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

Supremes will rule on Obamacare abortifacient mandate

The Supreme Court has announced that it will settle the question of whether owners of...

September 2013

September 20, 2013

Supreme Court to consider Morning After pill mandate

The Supreme Court is considering whether or not to hear a case involving a Christian...

August 2013

August 23, 2013

Obama administration defends government-sponsored Christian prayers

The Supreme Court is hearing a case that will decide whether or not it is...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Other consequences of the gay marriage rulings

The Supreme Court rulings supporting gay marriage have other consequences. According to Thomas Peters, "these...

June 26, 2013

Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage

The Supreme Court ruled that the Defense of Marriage Act, defining marriage for the purposes...

June 14, 2013

Human genes can’t be patented

In a rare unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court ruled that human genes cannot be patented. ...

March 2013

March 26, 2013

Supreme Court begins hearing on gay marriage

Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments on California's Proposition 8, in which the people...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Did the Supremes cripple Obamacare after all?

George Will reports on an article by Thomas A. Lambert, a University of Missouri law...

December 2012

December 10, 2012

Supreme Court to rule on gay marriage

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases that may settle the legal status...

October 2012

October 30, 2012

The Supreme Court is considering a case that requires the wisdom of Solomon: Supap Kirtsaeng...

October 01, 2012

Big issues before the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court opens a new session today. Lots of important cases are on the...

July 2012

July 06, 2012

Institutionalism vs. Constitutionalism

As I keep saying, there are different kinds of conservatism. Michael Gerson makes that point...

July 02, 2012

Obamacare punishments as a tax

Thanks to Todd, who helps me with the technical side of this blog, for stepping...

April 2012

April 04, 2012

Obama forgets Marbury v. Madison

It's refreshing to see Democrats worried about an "activist" court, since they haven't complained about...

April 03, 2012

Obamacare defenders taken by surprise

Even fans of Obamacare are admitting how poorly the administration lawyers handled the argument before...

March 2012

March 29, 2012

Another bad day for Obamacare

In today's final arguments over Obamacare, the Supreme Court considered whether striking down the individual...

March 28, 2012

A bad day for Obama at the Supreme Court

On the second day of oral arguments on Obamacare at the Supreme Court, the majority...

March 26, 2012

Supremes hear Obamacare arguments today

Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether or not Obamacare is constitutional. The...

March 23, 2012

The constitutional right to a plea bargain

The Supreme Court just rocked our criminal justice system: A divided Supreme Court ruled for...

January 2012

January 11, 2012

LCMS before the Supreme Court

The case of Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran School vs. the EEOC is being argued before the...

December 2011

December 22, 2011

Newt and the courts

What do you think of Newt Gingrich's expressed plan, if he is elected president, to...

December 14, 2011

Supremes to consider Arizona’s immigration law

The Supreme Court will rule on whether or not the federal government can overrule Arizona's...

November 2011

November 15, 2011

Supremes to rule on Obamacare

The Supreme Court will hear challenges to Obamacare and will hand down a decision probably...

October 2011

October 07, 2011

Different takes on the LCMS school case

Here are two different framings of the Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC...

October 04, 2011

Religious groups may hire on basis of religion

The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from former employees of the Christian relief...

September 2011

September 27, 2011

Obamacare headed for the Supreme Court

It looks like the Supremes will rule on whether or not Obamacare is constitutional: The...

April 2011

April 26, 2011

A Lutheran church & school before the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is taking up what some are describing as the most important religious...

May 2010

May 11, 2010

Elena Kagan nominated to Supreme Court

Well, President Obama has nominated his second Supreme Court justice, Elena Kagan. She has never...

May 11, 2010

The conservative case for Kagan

Before the anti-Kagan bandwagon sets off, consider this: As a White House adviser in 1997,...