Tag Archives: SCOTUS

Four Ways the Supreme Court Got Abortion Wrong and Why

(This is part 4 of a 5 part series on The Supreme Court, Abortion, and American Morality. Check out part 1, part 2, and part 3) The Supreme Court’s majority has been consistently ignoring all notions of traditional Constitutional law in several recent cases. As Chief Justice Roberts notes, “The Court today not only overlooks our

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Remembering Independence

(This is part 3 of a 5 part series on The Supreme Court, Abortion, and American Morality. Check out part 1 and part 2) I have been wrestling with the Court’s latest abortion ruling all last week (Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt) lamenting the knowledge that the ruling carries with it the very real danger

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5 Things We Can Learn from the Supreme Court’s Decision

Five important conclusions can be drawn from the recent abortion ruling, Whole Woman’s Health v Hellerstedt, released Monday June 27, 2016. First, contrary to Justice Thomas’ dissent, the Supreme Court’s majority is highly predictable. They decide cases based upon a new ‘bedrock’ principle of the shifting sands of individual autonomy. Whatever will be seen by the

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Supreme Court’s Same-sex Marriage Ruling Seriously Harms Religious Liberty

America changed. What we used to celebrate on the 4th of July is the inception of a government by the people and for the people, citizens of equal value under God as ensured by the rule of law – the Constitution. For the first time since the Dred Scott v. Sandford case fueling a Civil

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