The debate over the amendment continues to divide Democrats.
US Politics
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
If the G.O.P. gets its way, party politics could be coming to a pulpit near you.
The Johnson Amendment currently prohibits churches from engaging in overt political activity.
Posted inPolitics & Society
After Scalia: how the Supreme Court fared without its most vocal justice
How the Supreme Court fared without its most vocal justice
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Mike Pence’s relationship with the Catholic Church is…complicated
Pence, long described as a culture warrior, nonetheless supports many issues important to some Catholics.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Platform proposal on Hyde Amendment challenged by Pro-Life Democrats
“What kind of relationship is the Democratic Party going to form with people of faith and faith communities?”
Posted inPolitics & Society
15 Ways President Obama has changed the direction of America
Here are some of the ways in which President Obama has steered the United States by at least a few degrees.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The lesson of Merrick Garland’s nomination? Make the Supreme Court less important.
Let’s figure out how to stop playing Supreme Court roulette.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
I didn’t think this election could get crazier. Then I Googled each candidate and ‘Jesuit.’
There must be someone pulling the strings, right?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Martin Shkreli’s fraud did not occur in a vacuum.
When we enjoy our outrage and savor Martin Shkreli’s defeat, we might not notice that such outrage is, in this case, the voice of conscience.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The ACLU deploys a classic of 19th century anti-Catholicism to fight school choice
The ACLU deploys a relic of 19th century anti-Catholicism to fight school choice.