"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
Related at NR: Mississippi’s Case against Roe
"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
"In a judgment that spanned the ideological spectrum, the nine justices agreed Philadelphia violated the First Amendment’s protection of the free exercise of religion by refusing to contract with Catholic Social Services (CSS) for foster care services.... because CSS does not place children with same-sex couples." - BPNews
"Pro-life advocates gladly welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement Monday (May 17) it would rule on the constitutionality of Mississippi’s ban on abortions of unborn children whose gestational age is more than 15 weeks." - BPNews
Related:
"One [study] found that since the George W. Bush-appointed John Roberts assumed the role of chief justice in 2005, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of religious claimants 81% of the time. This compares with a rate of about 50% for the 20th century." - The Conversation
"Justices lift the total ban on indoor worship, though capacity limits and singing restrictions remain." - C. Today
