Tag: U.S. Supreme Court
Delayed Supreme Court docket includes Little Sisters case against contraceptive mandate...
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court, much like the rest of the country, is putting some of its work on hold amid the restrictions of...
U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Kentucky law requiring doctors...
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 9 declined to take up a challenge to a Kentucky ultrasound law that requires a physician or...
When it comes to conscience protection for health-care workers, Congress doesn’t...
By RICHARD DOERFLINGER
Should doctors and nurses be forced to take part in procedures that violate their conscience? It’s a timely question. New federal regulations...
Retired Justice John Paul Stevens, death penalty opponent, dies at 99
WASHINGTON -- Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who served on the court for nearly 35 years, died July 16 in Fort Lauderdale,...
Update: Supreme Court rules in favor of historic Maryland Peace Cross
WASHINGTON -- In a 7-2 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of preserving a historic cross-shaped memorial in Bladensburg, Maryland saying the...
U.S. Supreme Court examines potential racial bias in juries on death...
WASHINGTON -- In mid-March, the U.S. Supreme Court considered possible racially biased juries in two death penalty cases. They rejected one case and listened...
Alabama death-row inmate executed without imam present after refusal by U.S....
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court's refusal to allow an imam to be present at a Muslim man's execution Feb. 7 was "unjust treatment" that...
Louisiana abortion law may depend on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court received an emergency request in late January to put on hold a Louisiana restriction on abortion providers.
The law,...
Editorial withdraws Kavanaugh endorsement, others support Supreme Court nominee
WASHINGTON -- After the daylong Senate Judiciary Committee hearings Sept. 27 on a claim of sexual assault made against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett...
Cardinal Dolan calls all to pray Supreme Court will move to...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities, called July 19 for a national...