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The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in January 2017. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Ellen K. Boegel
Controversial decisions, such as Brown v. Board of Education (school desegregation), Roe v. Wade (abortion) and, most recently, Obergefell v. Hodges (same-sex marriage), often are challenged for decades by opponents seeking their reversal or limitation.
Politics & SocietyNews
Mark Pattison - Catholic News Service
It is obvious that passing legislation on health care is going to be a heavy lift in Congress.
Catholic Relief Services delivers seed and farming tools in Central African Republic in 2014. Photo: Kevin Clarke.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Kevin Clarke
The impact of the Trump foreign aid reductions, if enacted, “would be swift, devastating, and felt for years to come, imperiling millions of lives and the course of global development, stability, and partnership.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. walks from the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, as he steers the Senate toward a crucial vote on the Republican health care bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Republican proposals “exclude too many people, including immigrants,” Bishop Frank J. Dewane said in a statement.
A demonstration for affordable health care in New York City on July 13. Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Fla., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, called on the Senate July 21 to fix problems with the Affordable Care Act in a more narrow way, rather than repeal it without an adequate replacement. (CNS photo/Andrew Gombert, EPA)
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
The sisters say that they are “most troubled by the cuts it would make to Medicaid by ending the Medicaid expansion and instituting a per capita cap [on spending].”
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Gregory Hillis
When I heard President Trump’s address to the Boy Scout Jamboree last night, I was appalled.