Catholic Review
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News
Given her prolific output of written opinions both before and after joining the U.S. Supreme Court, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg left a long legacy of legal thought and analysis for future generations to parse. For many, the abortion debate will loom large in her record.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News
If Judge Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court, she will be the first Notre Dame Law School graduate to sit on the bench of the nation’s highest court and the only sitting justice with a law degree not from Harvard or Yale.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Eight days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump announced Sept. 26 that Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, is his nominee to fill that seat. The president said he was honored to nominate Barrett […]
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News
If there weren’t already enough heavy considerations for Catholic voters to digest before the Nov. 3 election, there is now a Supreme Court vacancy joining a global pandemic, school choice, abortion, immigration, death penalty and other timely concerns.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Supreme Court, World News
Two Catholic women judges are on the short list of possible candidates to fill the vacant Supreme Court justice seat after the Sept. 18 death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Obituaries, Supreme Court, World News
The second woman appointed to the court, who served there for more than 27 years, is primarily remembered for her pioneering work for gender equality and for writing pointed dissents and asking tough questions.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News
As part of what seems to be a new trend for the Supreme Court, it will once again take up a religious liberty case in its new term with oral arguments Nov. 4 in a case about a Catholic social service agency excluded from Philadelphia’s foster care program for not accepting same-sex couples as foster parents.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News
In a 2 a.m. decision July 14 after numerous last-minute filings, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to overturn a trial court order blocking the execution of federal death-row inmate Daniel Lewis Lee.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Supreme Court, World News
In a 7-2 decision July 8, the Supreme Court upheld regulations by the Trump administration giving employers more ability to opt out of providing contraceptive coverage in their health plans.
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Filed Under: News, Supreme Court, World News
The Supreme Court said the exclusion of religious schools in Montana’s state scholarship aid program violated the federal Constitution.
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In a 5-4 decision June 29, the Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals could not stand.
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Filed Under: News, Prison Ministry, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News
The U.S. Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution for Texas death-row inmate Ruben Gutierrez June 16, saying the state prison officials need to reexamine their rule that bans clergy from being with prisoners to the execution chamber.
