Written by Kassie Dulin
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court released an order list taking action on several cases we’ve been watching.
Most notably, the Court declined to review Missouri Department of Corrections vs. Finney. Justice Samuel Alito issued a five-page statement about the Court’s denial. This includes a direct reference to First Liberty’s Supreme Court victory in Carson v. Makin.
In this case, multiple conservative Christians were excluded from a jury in an employment discrimination case brought by a lesbian plaintiff.… Continue Reading
Written by Robert Knight
Whenever I hear the White House insist the border is secure, inflation is no problem, and that boys are really girls if they feel like it, I look around for Rod Serling.
You half expect to see the vintage TV show host emerge from a misty backdrop to say, “What you’re seeing is a replica of reality, not reality itself. You have been transported to a parallel universe where evil is good, wrong is right and bitter is sweet.… Continue Reading
Tags: Alejandro Mayorkas, Amy Coney Barrett, Border Crisis, border security, Brett Kavanaugh, Chip Roy, Clarence Thomas, Donald J. Trump, Elena Kagan, Greg Abbott, illegal immigrants, impeachment, John Kennedy, John Roberts, Josh Hawley, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Neil Gorsuch, Obamacare, Rod Serling, Ron DeSantis, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Ted Cruz, Texas, Twilight Zone, U.S. Supreme Court
Executive Branch, Federal Issues, Immigration | David E. Smith | January 29, 2024 7:00 AM | Comments Off on A Twilight Zone America Endures The Border Crisis
Written by Daniel Horowitz
Six of the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices have been appointed by Republicans, yet red states are now being prevented by federal courts from keeping boys out of girls’ bathrooms. What was the point of the generation-long battle for control of the high court?
A three-judge panel for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in August upheld a lower court ruling forcing the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville, Indiana, to allow people to enter the school bathrooms of their choice, not the one that matches their sex.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amy Coney Barrett, Bostock v. Clayton County, Brett Kavanaugh, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Clarence Thomas, COVID–19, Dianne Wood, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Donald Trump, Education Amendments Act of 1972, John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | January 24, 2024 6:00 AM | Comments Off on How Conservatives Misjudge the U.S. Supreme Court
Written by Jorge Gomez
The U.S. Supreme Court is under all-out attack. Recent headlines reveal a concerted effort to manufacture an “ethics” scandal about Justice Clarence Thomas, the Court’s leading conservative and one of the foremost defenders of religious liberty. Justice Neil Gorsuch has also been the target of this smear campaign.
Democrats in Congress, along with their allies in left-wing radical groups and the media, are bringing back calls for radical court “reform.” A constitutionally suspect “judicial ethics” bill was introduced and the U.S.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amy Coney Barrett, Bill Clinton, Brett Kavanaugh, Chuck Schumer, Clarence Thomas, court packing, Dick Durbin, Elizabeth Warren, First Liberty, Hank Johnson, Michael Mukasey, Mike Berry, Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sheldon Whitehouse, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, Thomas Jipping, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, U.S. Supreme Court
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | May 12, 2023 10:00 AM | Comments Off on Exposing the Radical Effort to Destabilize the Supreme Court
Written by Robert Knight
In our materialistic modern age, we sometimes need reminders that Lucifer is real and up to no good. And that God is infinitely more powerful.
Years ago, LGBTQ activists picketed a church in Anchorage, Alaska, because the church opposed a gay rights ordinance. The protesters noticed a guy dressed in a devil suit with a pitchfork marching beside them. When they asked what he was doing, he said, “Oh, the pastor sent me out here.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, After School Satan program, Black Power, Bob Dylan, C.S. Lewis, Dobbs v. Jackson, Leonard Downie Jr., Lucifer, New York Times, Racism, Roe v. Wade, Samuel Alito, The Satanic Temple, Washington Post
Marriage, Family & Culture | David E. Smith | February 6, 2023 5:00 AM | Comments Off on Perverting and Despoiling What God Has Created
Written by Terence P. Jeffrey
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, both nominated by Republican presidents, have both written absurd opinions on abortion laws.
The case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this year, could give them an opportunity to redeem themselves.
At issue in this case is a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after a baby’s 15th gestational week. The question: Can a state prohibit doctors from killing unborn babies who are not yet old enough to survive outside the womb?… Continue Reading
Tags: Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, Brett Kavanaug, Clarence Thomas, David Souter, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, Donald Trump, Elena Kagan, Garza v. Hargan, John Roberts, June Medical Services v. Russo, Karen Henderson, Neil Gorsuch, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Roe v. Wade, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, Sandra Day O'Connor, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, U.S. Supreme Court, Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt
Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith | May 19, 2021 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Will Roberts and Kavanaugh Stand With the Unborn or the Unjust?
Written by John A. Sparks
Six months ago, the idea of expanding the size of the U.S. Supreme Court was side-stepped by presidential candidate Joe Biden, and the issue seemed to wane. But now, “court packing” has surfaced once again—and in two forms. The first is an executive order from President Biden creating a commission to study possible reforms of the U.S. Supreme Court. The second is legislation proposed by progressive Democrats to increase the court’s size by four new justices.… Continue Reading
Tags: Donald J. Trump, Erwin Chemerinsky, George W. Bush, Hugo Black, James Lindgren, Jimmy Carter, John A. Sparks, John Marshall, John Roberts, Joseph Story, Roe v. Wade, Samuel Alito, Stephen J. Field, Steven Calabresi, U.S. Supreme Court, William Brennan
Federal Issues, Judicial Branch | David E. Smith | May 7, 2021 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Court Packing 2.0: Why The U.S. Supreme Court Should Not Be Changed
Written by Laurie Higgins
Listen to this article:
Never-Trumpers in a de facto alliance with leftist Trump-loathers of various stripes have apparently succeeded in their effort to elect a cognitively impaired man who claims to be Catholic while heartily endorsing a legal right to slaughter the unborn and making the public pay for their deaths.… Continue Reading
Tags: abortion, Amy Coney Barrett, Antifa, Antonin Scalia, Big Tech, BLM, Brett Kavanaugh, Catholic, Christ, Christians, Clarence Thomas, CNN, COVID, Equality Act, First Amendment, George Bush, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Leftists, MSNBC, Neil Gorsuch, Never-Trumpers, New York Times, Planned Parenthood, Samuel Alito, Scripture, Trump, United States Supreme Court, Washington Post, Women
Faith & Religion, Federal Elections, Political | Benjamin D. Smith | December 2, 2020 4:00 AM | Comments Off on The Disastrous Co-Belligerence of Never-Trumpers and Leftists
Written by Peter Heck
As the American political world gears up for what promises to be one of the most acrimonious, bitter, and embarrassing confirmation hearings in the history of the federal judiciary, I’m curious if anyone has picked up on a common theme when it comes to these reputation desecrations we call senatorial “advise and consent.”
Out of sheer curiosity I conducted an informal, and extraordinarily unscientific survey of a small group of 5 politically aware colleagues and friends.… Continue Reading
Tags: Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, Elena Kagan, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Merrick Garland, Neil Gorsuch, Robert Bork, Samuel Alito, SCOTUS, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer
Uncategorized | David E. Smith | September 28, 2020 10:00 AM | Comments Off on This Only Happens When Republicans Nominate Judges
Written by John A. Sparks
Sometimes, the facts of a case have an emotional appeal in addition to a strong constitutional basis. Espinoza v. Montana certainly qualifies.
Kendra Espinoza, a hard working (three jobs) and determined single mom, decided to take her two daughters out of the local public schools and enroll them in Stillwater Christian School in Kalispell, Montana. She explained that she “wanted them to be able to read the Bible and be taught how to pray, and taught from that faith-based perspective.”… Continue Reading
Tags: Anti Christian Hate, Brett Kavanaugh, Christian school, Christian schools, Clarence Thomas, Constitution, Espinoza v. Montana, First Amendment, government mandated religion, John Roberts, Kendra Espinoza, Montana, Neil Gorsuch, religious liberty, Samuel Alito, School vouchers, SCOTUS, Stillwater Christian School, the Bible, Trinity Lutheran v. Comer, U.S. Supreme Court
Judicial Branch, Religious Liberty | Benjamin D. Smith | July 11, 2020 4:00 AM | Comments Off on An Important Win for Religious Liberty: Espinoza v. Montana