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May 2016

May 17, 2016

President Obama Embraces the Fait Accompli He Wasn’t Looking For UPDATED

What a difference 4 and 1/2 years makes. Wait. It's been 5 1/2 years? Has...

May 16, 2016

BREAKING: SCOTUS Decides Not To Decide On The HHS Mandate UPDATED

Perhaps it's a positive development. The Becket Fund is calling it a win for the...

July 2015

July 23, 2015

The Little Sisters Of The Poor Take Their Case To SCOTUS

A few days ago, I was going to mention that the main reason why some...

June 2015

June 27, 2015

Because Jesus Said Plenty About Marriage, and Other Inconvenient Stuff Too…UPDATED

Hey y'all. Didn't you know that Jesus didn't say nothin about homosexuality in the Bible?...

June 26, 2015

Thoughts On The Gay Marriage Decision From My Bishop…UPDATED

And from the Supreme Court justices themselves. First up is the initial, and wise, reaction...

June 18, 2015

The Supreme Court Unanimously Finds That Speech Is Created Equal

In other words, the government can't decide that one type of speech is more worth...

May 2015

May 22, 2015

In D.C., The Battle Against The HHS Mandate Rages On…

FYI, the good guys took a licking in the last skirmish. You can read the...

April 2015

April 28, 2015

Archbishop Kurtz: “Marriage is and always will be the union between one man and one woman.”

Today was the day oral arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges came before the Supreme Court...

April 27, 2015

Yet Again, The Supreme Court Hammers Away At The HHS Mandate

The Beckett Fund For Religious Liberty shares the news, Washington, D.C. – Moments ago, for...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

The Bishops Respond To The Fear Mongering Of The Administration Over Religious Liberty

From the USCCB Blog, Archbishops Salvatore J. Cordileone , William Lori, Thomas Wenski, and...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

SCOTUS Decides In Favor of Hobby Lobby UPDATES and Reaction Roundup

In a 5 to 4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that closely held corporations...

June 12, 2014

Federal Appeals Court Denies Injunction For Michigan-based Catholic Charities, And Other HHS Mandate News

As everyone waits to see how the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the Hobby Lobby...

March 2014

March 25, 2014

Hobby Lobby/ Conestoga Wood SCOTUS Arguments Recap & Transcript

Over at the SCOTUS Blog, Lyle Denniston called it "one hearing, two dramas." The Supreme...

March 24, 2014

9 Things You Need To Know About Hobby Lobby’s Supreme Court Case…

Which we should be hearing about sometime tomorrow, when the oral arguments are delivered. Infographic...

January 2014

January 24, 2014

SCOTUS Scuttles Plan That Would Have Forced Nuns To Violate Their Conscience

It's temporary, so look for the Administration to raise this ship from the bottom again....

January 09, 2014

Dodging The Bigotry Bullet, U.S. News and World Report Hosts Sister Mary Ann Walsh

Yesterday, longtime US News & World Report columnist Jamie Stiehm posted an anti-Catholic screed regarding the controversy...

January 06, 2014

BREAKING: SCOTUS Suspends Same-Sex Marriages In Utah

The Associated Press shared the news a few minutes ago. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme...

November 2013

November 26, 2013

SCOTUS Will Hear Arguments On The HHS Mandate’s Impact On Hobby Lobby

As expected, Hobby Lobby, Conestoga Wood, and other businesses contesting the HHS Mandate, will have...

September 2013

September 20, 2013

The Obama Administration Appeals Hobby Lobby Case to the Supreme Court

Coming soon to a docket at the SCOTUS? We'll know in a few weeks. The...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

California Attorney General Kamala Harris Speaking In Support of the SCOTUS Rulings…

When the rulings came down, the flag went up at the CA AG's website. Here...

June 08, 2013

Do We Have the Will To Remove The Infrastructure of Tyranny We Have Erected?

I'm not going to waste a lot of your time recapping what you are already...

April 2013

April 07, 2013

What’s Next on the Supreme Court’s Docket? Perhaps the HHS Mandate…

Laura Basset seems to think this may be in the offing. Back on Friday,the Huffington...

March 2013

March 25, 2013

As the Same-Sex Marriage Question Heads to the SCOTUS…

Here is a snippet of the amicus brief of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. California’s...

October 2012

October 01, 2012

So If a Corporation is A Person, and A Person Has Rights…

Then why does the government argue in court that a secular corporation doesn't have rights?...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

The Bishops Remind Us, the ACA Needs Repairs, Not Repeal UPDATED

The Catholic Church is not against the Affordable Care Act, which the Supreme Court just...

June 14, 2012

How the Affordable Care Act’s Constitutionality Affects the HHS Mandate

The Beckett Fund has a handy graphic. H/T Women Speak for Themselves. It's sort of...

April 2012

April 03, 2012

POTUS is Playing Checkers, While the Courts Are Playing Chess

Oops. That's awkward. And while the board looks the same, chess is a whole 'nother...