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Ellen K. Boegel is America’s contributing editor for legal affairs.
West Wing staff members listen as President Obama delivers remarks at White House about Supreme Court ruling on health care subsidies, June 25 ((CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters).
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Ellen K. Boegel
On June 25 2015 the Affordable Care Act ACA dodged a potentially fatal legal bullet In King v Burwell the US Supreme Court in a majority decision written by Chief Justice Roberts rejected a challenge to an IRS tax credit regulation that threatened to unwind the entire fabric of President Ob
Samantha Elauf, the plaintiff in EEOC v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. (Image Credit: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty)
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Ellen K. Boegel
Title VII establishes a preference for religious accommodation in the workplace.
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Ellen K. Boegel
On Tuesday April 28 the U S Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Obergefell v Hodges a case that will decide whether the U S constitution requires states to license marriages between two people of the same sex and or requires states to recognize same-sex marriages performed out-of-state To a
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Ellen K. Boegel
On January 16 2015 the U S Supreme Court agreed to hear appeals from cases decided by the U S Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that held the 14th Amendment does not require states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples or recognize same-sex marriages licensed in other states The S
Priest leads prayer before Greece Town Board meeting in New York. (CNS photo/Sam Oldenburg, Catholic Courier)
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Ellen K. Boegel
On May 5 2014 the U S Supreme Court decided in a 5-4 vote that the Town of Greece New York did not violate the First Amendment when it invited local clergy to pray before the opening of town board meetings Significantly all nine justices affirmed the constitutionality of public legislative pr
COVERAGE FOR CONTRACEPTION? Conestoga Wood Specialties founder Anthony Hahn speaks to the press at the U.S. Supreme Court, March 25.
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Religious freedom, Obamacare and the rights of American business: Ellen K. Boegel's legal backgrounder on the Hobby Lobby case
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Catholic Press Association award winner for Best Coverage of Marriage: "Language, tone and style appropriate to help explain a highly complex situation."
Attorney, plaintiffs in case against California's Proposition 8 celebrate supporters on steps of Supreme Court in Washington (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)..
Ellen K. Boegel
On June 26, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court decided two cases related to same-sex marriage, United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry. In Windsor, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the definition of marriage set forth in DOMA, the federal Defense of Marriage Act, violated the Fifth Amend
Ellen K. Boegel
Media reaction to the recent United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the federal ban on partial-birth abortion reflected unfortunate confusion concerning the legitimate relationship between religion and political debate in American society. The case, Gonzales v. Carha