Tag : Supreme Court
Jack Phillips title : Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Colorado Gay Wedding Cake Case: 'It Could Dramatically Impact Freedom for Us All'
summary : Today, the case of Colorado Christian baker Jack Phillips will finally be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court - and the Alliance Defending Freedom, the group representing Phillips, has said that what the high court decides "could dramatically impact freedom for us all."
date : Dec 05, 2017 12:34 PM EST
Monifa Sterling title : Historic Religious Freedom Case of US Marine Advocated by 7 New Parties in Unusual Move
summary : The Sterling legal case began when former U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Monifa Sterling was court-martialed for refusing an order to remove Bible verses from her workspace. Others are joining in now in the name of religious freedom.
date : Feb 14, 2017 02:01 PM EST
Gorsuch praying with Trump Pence title : White House Prayers Preceded Supreme Court Nominee Neal Gorsuch Recommendation
summary : President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and a few family members prayed with Judge Neil Gorsuch before his nomination this week to the nation's highest court, along with Maureen Scalia, and Fr. Paul Scalia, the wife and son of the deceased conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Gorsuch attends an Episcopal church and cited his faith in his nomination speech.
date : Feb 04, 2017 09:44 AM EST
Neil Gorsuch title : Trump Supreme Court Nominee Gorsuch a Major Win for Religious Freedom, Says First Liberty CEO
summary : President Trump's decision to select federal appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill a Supreme Court seat has garnered the praise of Christian and conservative leaders across America, who say it's a major win for religious freedom.
date : Feb 01, 2017 08:43 AM EST
Supreme Court title : Christian-Affiliated Hospital Pension Case to be Heard by U.S. Supreme Court
summary : U.S. Supreme Court justices on Friday agreed to hear future appeals from three Christian-affiliated hospital systems about previous court rulings that supported employee lawsuits accusing the hospitals' representatives of wrongly claiming religious exemptions from federal pension law. The effected employees allege the hospital systems actually are big businesses posing as church organizations to avoid minimum funding and reporting requirements on employee pension plans mandated by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA.
date : Dec 06, 2016 03:13 PM EST
Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz title : Ted Cruz Should Be on Trump's SCOTUS Judge Nominee List, Says Lindsey Graham
summary : South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said he thinks Texas Sen. Ted Cruz should be a Supreme Court nominee of President-elect Donald Trump to replace the late Antonin Scalia. There is "no stronger constitutional conservative" than Cruz, said the former presidential primary foe of Cruz.
date : Nov 13, 2016 10:13 AM EST
Rev. Samuel Rodriguez title : Hispanic Evangelist Samuel Rodriguez Says Choice For President Is ‘Crystal Clear’ When Considering Religious Liberty
summary : Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, evangelist and leader of the largest Hispanic Christian organization in the world, said his choice for the presidential election is “crystal clear.”
date : Oct 29, 2016 05:08 PM EDT
Justice Clarence Thomas title : Justice Clarence Thomas Laments Washington D.C. is ‘Broken’
summary : Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said the capital of the United States is “broken” because of the people’s failure to “think things through” and respectfully discuss differing viewpoints.
date : Oct 29, 2016 10:49 AM EDT
Donald Trump title : James Dobson Says His Decision to Vote Trump Concerns The Supreme Court
summary : James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family, said the main reason he is voting for Donald Trump is his concern over the justices who will be nominated to the Supreme Court.
date : Oct 05, 2016 06:22 PM EDT
Abortion title : Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Imposing Restrictions on Abortion Providers
summary : Oklahoma's highest court on Tuesday struck down a law imposing restrictions on abortion providers, including a requirement that they take samples of fetal tissue from patients younger than 14 and preserve them for state investigators.
date : Oct 05, 2016 08:57 AM EDT
Transgender Children - Vancouver School Board title : Parents Outraged After School Tells Teachers to Let Transgender Students Bunk With Gender of Choice
summary : A number of parents are outraged after a Maryland school district instructed teachers and administrators to allow transgender students bunk with other students of the gender with which they identify - and not alert their parents.
date : Aug 24, 2016 04:47 PM EDT
Transgender Restroom title : Judge in Texas Temporarily Blocks Obama’s Transgender Rules
summary : A U.S. judge blocked Obama administration guidance thattransgender public school students must be allowed to use bathrooms of their choice, granting a nationwide injunction sought by a group of 13 states led by Texas.
date : Aug 22, 2016 09:58 AM EDT
Transgender title : Illinois Families Fight Transgender Access to School Locker Room
summary : A lawyer for dozens of families from a suburban Chicago high school district argued in court on Monday that students' privacy was being violated at a school that allowed a transgender girl access to the girls' locker room under an agreement with the federal government.
date : Aug 16, 2016 01:55 PM EDT
Supreme Court Seats title : Supreme Court Justice Replacements Suggested By GOP Candidate Donald Trump
summary : Representatives from Iowa, Colorado, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Utah, Alabama, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Texas were recommended today (May 18) as potential replacements for Justice Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court by GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. Scalia, 79, died in his sleep in February.
date : May 18, 2016 08:50 PM EDT
Sam Brownback title : New Kansas Law Allows Faith College Groups To Restrict Members To 'Like-Minded' Believers
summary : Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signed SB 175 legislation Tuesday allowing faith-based groups at college campuses to restrict membership to "like-minded" people. Civil liberty group leaders were quick to oppose such a concept, and some are considering legal challenge options. The new law takes effect July 1, and will prevent public colleges and universities in the state from denying funds or campus resources to religious groups that limit their memberships.
date : Mar 23, 2016 11:41 AM EDT
Thou Shall Not Kill title : Religious Liberty On Trial as Nonprofits Ready 'Zubik v. Burwell' Legalities For Supreme Court
summary : Four years of lawsuits from religious nonprofit groups are expected to conclude Wednesday in a Supreme Court case that tests the contraceptive and abortifacient mandate of the Affordable Care Act announced by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in 2010.
date : Mar 22, 2016 03:08 PM EDT
Presidential Primaries title : Faith Facts to Shape Upcoming South Carolina, Nevada 2016 Presidential Primaries
summary : Predictions are that religious beliefs, or lack of them, once again will influence the U.S. 2016 presidential nomination contests about to happen in South Carolina and Nevada over the next week for both major political parties.
date : Feb 19, 2016 01:13 PM EST
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia title : Antonin Scalia: Supreme Court Justice Found Dead, Called 'Man Of God, Patriot'
summary : U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died Feb. 13 on a ranch near Marfa, Texas. He was 79 years old. The cause of death was not immediately known. As the first Italian American on the court, he served 29 years, after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. He was a devout Roman Catholic, and his son, Paul, is a Catholic priest.
date : Feb 13, 2016 07:39 PM EST
title : Christian Groups tell Supreme Court Federal Abortion-Contraception Mandate Violates Religious Beliefs
summary : Christians are forced to violate either their religious beliefs or the government's rules, due to the current U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) abortion/contraception mandate, Southern Baptist entities told U.S. Supreme Court judges through a friend-of-the-court brief filed Monday.
date : Jan 13, 2016 03:36 PM EST
title : Same-Sex Marriage Licenses Halted by Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore
summary : Despite a U.S. Supreme Court landmark ruling last June that legalized gay marriage, Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court ordered the state's probate judges Wednesday not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, based on legal analysis about ministerial duties still being debated in Alabama. Gay marriage activists and legal experts are attacking the order, arguing same-sex couples have the right to marry in all 50 states. Many Christians are voicing support of Moore's stance, indicating they are relieved he is "upholding God's law."
date : Jan 07, 2016 10:11 AM EST
The Little Sisters title : Nuns Beg Supreme Court to Not Make Them 'Pick Between Faith And The Poor' via Contraceptive Mandate
summary : A group of Catholic nuns who care for the elderly poor, the Little Sisters of the Poor, urged the Supreme Court on Monday to protect them from $70 million in government fines for refusing to violate their Catholic faith. Religious sisters should not be forced to choose between caring for the poor and obeying their conscience, the nuns stated in a legal brief, adding that this choice is what the government is demanding of them through the federal contraception mandate.
date : Jan 06, 2016 02:37 PM EST
US Supreme Court title : Polygamist Emboldened by Supreme Court Same-Sex Ruling, Sues Montana for Multiple Marriage Partner 'Rights'
summary : It was only days after the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage would be recognized in all 50 states that polygamist Nathan Collier decided to apply for a marriage license for a second wife in the state of Montana. Since polygamy under general circumstances is presently considered a misdemeanor in Montana, his request was refused. So he is suing the state of Montana, claiming that the wording in the same-sex ruling ought to override state law and the federal ruling ought to be applicable to polygamy.
date : Dec 23, 2015 02:29 PM EST
Alabama Gay Marriage Ruling title : How Can American Christians Live in a ‘Post-Christian’ Era?
summary : Thanks to changing demographics and various rulings from the Supreme Court, some Americans feel that the United States has entered a “post-Christian era.” Two columnists looked at the impact of this trend and how Christians in the United States can live within this new reality.
date : Jul 31, 2015 04:30 PM EDT
Charleston Church Shooting Memorial Service title : True Christian Love Can Change the World, Will Prevail over Hatred
summary : Christians in the United States have observed both the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of same-sex marriage and the shooting tragedy at a historically black church in the South Carolina city of Charleston. Despite those setbacks, it is worth remembering that true Christian love can change the world and will eventually prevail over all forms of hatred directed at it.
date : Jul 16, 2015 07:57 PM EDT
Chief Justice Roy Moore title : Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore: 'I Hope We Don’t Have a War' over Supreme Court Decision Favoring Same-Sex Marriage
summary : Controversial Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has warned that the Supreme Court’s decision in favor of same-sex marriage could lead to a new “war” in the United States. He made those fiery comments in an interview that was posted online on Monday.
date : Jul 10, 2015 10:34 AM EDT
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