Supreme Court

“the key question is whether five justices can be convinced that there is something sounder—more constitutionally defensible…that can replace Roe/Casey. The most important storyline in today’s oral argument will be whether Mississippi, in defending its 15-week abortion ban, can argue that there is.” - The Dispatch

“On December 1, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health….abortion will once again be in the national spotlight, and when the court announces its decision sometime next year, it will generate massive media attention.” - TGC

“Is a Texas man entitled to have his pastor lay hands on him at the time of execution?” - CToday

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“The justices heard oral arguments in lawsuits brought by abortion providers and the Biden administration that seek to block enforcement of the Texas Heartbeat Act (S.B. 8), which prohibits the abortion of an unborn child whose heartbeat can be detected.” - BPNews

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“They joined Roberts and the Court’s progressives in declining relief to Maine health-care providers, who must now be vaccinated against their beliefs or lose their jobs.” - N.Review

“The U.S. Supreme Court’s fall term opens this week with a number of cases that are of interest to Christians. Here are five specific cases you should know about that deal with abortion or religious liberty.” - TGC

“The analysis by Reuters found that the Court’s shadow docket’ in which emergency applications are decided hurriedly, provided religious applicants a win in every case.” - RNS

“Mississippi’s attorney general argued Thursday that the Supreme Court should overturn Roe v. Wade, its landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion across the US, calling it ‘egregiously wrong’ and insisting the matter should be left solely to the states.” - NYP

“At issue is a group of parents who oppose a state regulation that allows for tuition assistance only if a private school is ‘nonsectarian in accordance with the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.’” - C.Post

“At issue was the yearslong effort of California’s attorney general to get the private donor lists of conservative groups, namely Americans for Prosperity and the Thomas More Law Center.” - C.Post