In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld Nevada’s limits on congregation sizes, denying a request by a Nevada church for permission to have larger gatherings that are currently permitted in the state’s casinos, restaurants and other businesses.
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Editorial: The Supreme Court can’t solve all our moral disputes. It shouldn’t try.
The court is functioning less as a judicial body than as a relief valve for legislative dysfunction and executive overreach.
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How we got here: The saga of the Little Sisters of the Poor and the birth control mandate
Justice Clarence Thomas’s majority opinion is a decisive win for religious rights advocates, but it may not be the last chapter in this story.
Posted inFaith, News Analysis
What does the Supreme Court ruling mean for L.G.B.T. employees at Catholic institutions?
It is up to individual Catholics to make the case to church leaders.
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The ministerial exception is good law—but no excuse for indiscriminate firing by Catholics
The editors of America have weighed in on these cases in previous editorials, which offer some helpful perspective.
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Faith leaders urge president, attorney general to halt federal executions
“As faith leaders from a diverse range of traditions, we call on President Trump and Attorney General Barr to stop the scheduled federal executions,” the group said in the statement released July 7.
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In birth control case, Supreme Court upholds Trump’s expanded exceptions for religious institutions
The decision, written by Justice Clarence Thomas, said the administration had “the authority to provide exemptions from the regulatory contraceptive requirements for employers with religious and conscientious objections.”
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Supreme Court sides with Catholic schools in employment suit
Two U.S. bishops said they welcomed the Court’s ruling, noting that the decision “rightly acknowledged” the limit on state authority.
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Ruling in Montana case called welcome victory for religious freedom
Religious liberty advocates believe that the latest Supreme Court decision will finally banish the hated 19th-century Blaine Amendments for good.
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The history behind the SCOTUS ruling on funding religious schools: Blaine Amendments
Could the ruling really mark the end of Blaine amendments?