https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to samuel alito en https://religiondispatches.org/2024/07/29/rising-influence-new-apostolic-reformation-teachings-ominous-sign-us-especially-lgbtq Whether or not anyone recognizes it by name, the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is hitting its stride. After his June declaration that “every teacher, every classroom… will be teaching from the Bible,” Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters, who… Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:48:35 EDT Jonathon Sawyer 5e940aa4-aa08-44ac-b58e-d8e19bf46bb7 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/07/10/white-nationalist-mottos-fate-jews-new-christian-state-and-appeal-heaven-humor-day-2 No friends on the “other side of the aisle”—only enemies In a morning panel of the second day of NatCon 2024, a group of Republican senators hammered home a confrontational message. Sen. Jim DeMint : “There is no reasonable consensus… Wed, 10 Jul 2024 06:29:12 EDT Annika Brockschmidt, Ben Lorber f0e00bda-e8a2-4670-935a-2c1be898b490 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/05/23/first-it-was-insurrection-flag-now-supreme-court-justice-alito-caught-flying-another-far Some things regarding the Supreme Court are not surprising. For example: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito who, along with Clarence Thomas forms the extreme Right flank of this Court (which is saying something), doesn’t like women very much. Or abortion… Thu, 23 May 2024 08:58:44 EDT Annika Brockschmidt dea7d5c3-022f-4f73-9b22-4e6e12cc4482 https://religiondispatches.org/2024/05/23/reporters-guide-new-apostolic-reformation-revised-2025 The story of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) lives at the epicenter of the intersection of politics and religion in the US—and reporting about it is as essential as it is challenging. The story of NAR is happening in the… Thu, 23 May 2024 04:58:12 EDT Frederick Clarkson, André Gagné 718434ec-a88e-45dd-910b-153d686ea9bf https://religiondispatches.org/2024/04/16/resurrection-comstock-laws-would-threaten-access-abortifacients-even-fear-misses-bigger When the Supreme Court decided Griswold v Connecticut in 1965, Clarence Thomas was 16 years old and Samuel Alito was 15. Both men were in their twenties when the court issued Roe v Wade , Doe v Bolton , Eisenstadt… Tue, 16 Apr 2024 04:19:18 EDT Gillian Frank 1019f083-4fb3-4348-8b3c-70cd65974136 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/04/10/christian-nationalist-judge-strikes-down-fda-approved-abortion-pill-brazenly-ideological Mifepristone is safer than aspirin. Much safer . The FDA approved the drug for early abortions in 2000, after fully —and carefully—vetting it over four-and-a-half years (more than triple the time such approvals typically take). On Friday, in a federal… Mon, 10 Apr 2023 01:57:28 EDT Andrew L. Seidel bce0f23c-1343-48b0-a954-a17e76ad2b13 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/01/17/key-understanding-federalist-society-isnt-originalism-its-800-year-old-tradition In the amicus brief he submitted to the Supreme Court on behalf of the state of Mississippi in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health case that overturned Roe v. Wade , John Eastman of the Claremont Institute anchored a “foundational… Tue, 17 Jan 2023 05:15:13 EST Peter Schwartz 1a5a6f37-1de4-45e6-a3bc-fc71f49990de https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/20/if-media-are-reluctant-properly-label-gops-racist-christian-nationalist-ideologies-well On Saturday, 18-year-old white supremacist P.G. drove to the “Tops” supermarket with the intention to kill people of color. He murdered ten people and wounded three others before he was arrested. All ten who were killed were Black. The racism… Fri, 20 May 2022 11:52:48 EDT Annika Brockschmidt 7baf028e-84e2-4d11-8a95-a7f4bb884b17 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/11/dont-buy-alitos-assurances-heres-what-happens-next-after-roe-falls The leaked first draft of Associate Justice Samuel Alito’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson has sent shockwaves throughout the American psyche. This is a stunning reversal of women’s rights that have been in place for half a century . It… Wed, 11 May 2022 03:34:55 EDT Brynn Tannehill 8f88195d-cde9-4218-bc3a-552870401275 https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/10/end-roe-comes-courtesy-catholic-church-dorothy-day-abortion-fund-st-vincent-de-paul No matter how Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is decided finally, restrictions unto bans on abortions will be courtesy of the institutional Roman Catholic Church. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, their Pro-Life Activities Committee, and colleagues will… Tue, 10 May 2022 03:41:31 EDT Mary Hunt 1c7ff8e2-da71-42af-a292-a2f7ca74b98a https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/06/originalism-neednt-always-result-abortion-bans-just-ask-al-qaida When it comes to Roe v. Wade , some pro-choice voices have a jihadism problem. Posting about “Shariʿa” won’t help them. Critiquing originalism might. A subset of those infuriated by the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion that would… Fri, 06 May 2022 04:27:14 EDT Nathan French 2bc57955-1063-4303-aec2-3dd9e58ffe8c https://religiondispatches.org/2021/09/23/could-supreme-court-undo-marriage-equality When I look at this broken, packed, partisan Supreme Court , I don’t see a guardian—I see a threat to our basic human rights. I see an institution packed with ideologues eager to throw out decades of settled law with… Thu, 23 Sep 2021 03:41:28 EDT Andrew L. Seidel 96dcb2d9-8a2e-4cd1-b96f-4fb396edfba4 https://religiondispatches.org/2020/11/30/thanksgiving-bombshell-scotus-began-implementation-ultraconservative-agenda The unsigned, midnight opinion dropped like a bombshell on Thanksgiving. Five ultraconservative members of the Supreme Court, including Amy Coney Barrett, issued an emergency opinion in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo blocking New York’s health order as it… Mon, 30 Nov 2020 05:05:02 EST Andrew L. Seidel 9e73f198-b115-4e8d-a510-cf44fbc4e652 https://religiondispatches.org/2019/03/28/christian-or-nothing-buddhist-prisoner-be-executed-without-buddhist-chaplain-updated In the rare instances when courts roll back Christian privilege, the cries of persecution are swift. But parity is not oppression. And the erosion of unwarranted privilege is not persecution; it is the steady march toward equality. Thu, 28 Mar 2019 12:18:57 EDT Andrew L. Seidel 4088a8a1-7a5c-4d13-9d9e-c3d35431d694 https://religiondispatches.org/2019/02/28/alito-activism-sloppy-lemons-3-takeaways-bladensburg-cross-oral-argument Far from sending a troubling message, as Justice Alito contends, removing unconstitutional crosses maintained by the government on government land would send a clear and simple message: In the United States, the Constitution rules. Thu, 28 Feb 2019 05:41:44 EST Andrew L. Seidel c470112b-35c8-497f-82ac-008a0ca7db6c https://religiondispatches.org/2017/12/05/what-masterpiece-cakeshop-oral-arguments-suggest-about-future-lgbt-discrimination The Supreme Court heard oral arguments this morning in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the case involving a Colorado baker, Jack Phillips, who for religious reasons refused to create a custom cake for a same-sex wedding reception. The… Tue, 05 Dec 2017 03:29:23 EST Patrick Hornbeck d9f3907b-2525-44e5-a4ab-56df3d911e0e https://religiondispatches.org/2017/07/28/brownback-nomination-further-evidence-religious-freedom-code-conservative-christian Wednesday was a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day for LGBT Americans and those who believe we deserve basic respect and civil rights. After the president’s hastily tweeted ban on transgender Americans serving openly in the military, the Justice Department’s… Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:49:04 EDT Sunnivie Brydum 652a0b8f-5b3b-4060-aa4a-f3ccd68be895 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/29/did-scotus-just-restore-sanity-religious-liberty-debate Largely lost in the (understandable) hubbub about the Supreme Court’s historic Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt abortion decision was its action the following day that may recast the parameters of the religious liberty debate. On Tuesday, the court declined to… Wed, 29 Jun 2016 01:35:43 EDT Patricia Miller c401ee57-e76d-435a-a4fc-896790644ab8 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/06/26/religious-right-reax-scotus-spiritual-911 Reactions from conservatives (and those courting their votes) range from angry to apoplectic. With a strong dose of the ridiculous. Fri, 26 Jun 2015 04:35:07 EDT Peter Montgomery bdaeb93c-0499-446a-a9ab-a6a0eee76120 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/06/26/marriage-decision-ode-love-and-four-provocations Today’s majority opinion in Obergefell v. Hodges, striking down state bans on same-sex marriage, is an ode to love—and the law. Authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was joined by the Court’s four liberal justices, it’s also an homage to… Fri, 26 Jun 2015 02:01:47 EDT Sarah Posner b14c825b-ca2b-4b52-8d91-6ce3039c3e0d https://religiondispatches.org/2015/05/10/panic-over-churches-tax-exempt-status-gay-married-world A new worry in conservative circles has slowly gathered steam since the Supreme Court heard arguments in Obergefell v. Hodges, on whether the Constitution requires states to issue marriage licenses to and recognize the out-of-state marriages of same-sex couples. During… Sun, 10 May 2015 08:01:07 EDT Sarah Posner 8edd989f-5bb5-4738-9060-b5c107823db2 https://religiondispatches.org/2015/04/29/what-catholic-supreme-court-justices-get-wrong-about-marriage For a millennium the church had no “coherent or obligatory liturgical tradition” regarding marriage. Wed, 29 Apr 2015 04:24:22 EDT Patricia Miller a49e0c64-198d-4a97-96f1-8ba7bcad2964 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/08/28/public-prayer-verdict-shows-its-true-colors This May, the Supreme Court’s Town of Greece vs. Galloway ruling allowed sectarian invocations at town meetings. But moderates assured us that that could mean any “sectarian.” As if to support this more fluid reading of the verdict, the first… Thu, 28 Aug 2014 12:58:33 EDT Brook Wilensky-Lanford 1b04f117-f416-416f-ba82-072fbae7c9c7 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/07/01/why-hobby-lobby-pandoras-box-ginsburg-v-alito Apart from whether or not we like the Hobby Lobby decision, there seems to be some confusion about the ruling evidenced by the fact that people keep asking “What about Blood transfusions in companies owned by Jehovah’s Witnesses?” or “…mental… Tue, 01 Jul 2014 01:14:37 EDT Julie Ingersoll 2fd6a5c4-4480-43c2-8c4a-9e84376a8053 https://religiondispatches.org/2014/06/30/roberts-courts-special-solicitude-corporations The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), five men on the Supreme Court told us this morning in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., is broad enough to protect the religious exercise rights of a closely-held corporation. “It is quite a… Mon, 30 Jun 2014 04:31:07 EDT Sarah Posner e75fd4cc-bb37-4965-8e3e-787961782cd5