Supreme Court

Bishop David A. Zubik of Pittsburgh, left, and Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington near the U.S. Supreme Court on March 23.

Politics & Society

After Scalia: how the Supreme Court fared without its most vocal justice

by Ellen K. Boegel July 19, 2016

How the Supreme Court fared without its most vocal justice

Eighth-grade students Brianna Navarro and Amaya Grijalva work on an assignment at St. Ambrose Catholic School, a Notre Dame ACE Academy, in Tucson, Ariz., Oct. 23, 2014. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)

Dispatches, Politics & Society

The ACLU deploys a classic of 19th century anti-Catholicism to fight school choice

by Kevin Clarke November 3, 2015

The ACLU deploys a relic of 19th century anti-Catholicism to fight school choice.

A supporter for same-sex marriage stands outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington April 28. The high court began hearing cases for same-sex marriages in states that bar the union. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

In All Things, Politics & Society

Same-Sex Marriage Decision Resolves One Question, Raises Many Others

by Ellen K. Boegel June 29, 2015

Legal abstractions in Obergefell v. Hodges have concrete results