The justices split 5-4 with new Justice Amy Coney Barrett in the majority. It was her first publicly discernible vote as a justice.
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Justice Alito: Covid restrictions ‘previously unimaginable’
“The pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty,” Alito said in an address to the conservative Federalist Society, which is holding its annual convention virtually because of the pandemic.
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Supreme Court looks likely to side with Catholic agency in dispute with same-sex foster parents
The Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed likely to side with a Catholic social services agency in a dispute with Philadelphia over the agency’s refusal to work with same-sex couples as foster parents.
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Why do Catholics make up a majority of the Supreme Court?
Why are there so many Catholics on the nation’s highest court?
Posted inExplainer, Politics & Society
Supreme Court justices shouldn’t read the Constitution the same way Catholics read the Bible
Can textualists judges like Amy Coney Barrett take a broad view of interpreting the Bible and a narrow view of interpreting the Constitution? The short answer is yes, writes Matt Malone, S.J.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I didn’t watch the Amy Coney Barrett hearings—and I’m a better Christian for it.
When I am always angry and distraught, it is harder to be a good wife, mother, writer, Christian. The full throttle news life makes me a worse person, and it’s voluntary.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
I see my own pro-life feminism in Amy Coney Barrett
As I watch Amy Coney Barrett’s resilience and composure during the confirmation hearings, I wonder if I, too, could live a bit louder as the woman I am.
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Amy Coney Barrett, called ‘unashamedly pro-life,’ faces senators anew
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was called “unashamedly pro-life” by her Republican Senate champion with Democrats running out of time to stop her quick confirmation.
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In confirmation hearings, Barrett stresses commitment to ‘rule of law’
“My policy preferences are irrelevant,” she said when asked if she had intended to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, and she reiterated this same view when asked about abortion and same-sex marriage.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
No, court-packing won’t fix the Supreme Court (or the rest of our broken politics)
Franklin Roosevelt tried court packing in 1937. It was a bad idea then, and it is a bad idea now, Matt Malone, S.J. writes.