Perhaps those concerned about religious liberty as it relates to The Equality Act should consider this. Here is a taste of Adam Liptak’s parsing of a recent essay to be published in The Supreme Court Review: “For many today, religious...
Yesterday the Electoral College made it official. Joe Biden is President-Elect of the United States. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is still tweeting about election fraud: So now that the election is in the books, what are the court evangelicals saying? (Let’s...
Yesterday COVID-19 cases in the United States topped the 15 million mark. One of those cases is Trump election fraud lawyer and court evangelical Jenna Ellis. Joe Biden introduced his public health team. Donald Trump gave a COVID press conference,...
Today the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the state of New York cannot limit attendance in houses of worship. Here is NPR: Gorsuch filed an unusually acerbic concurring opinion, blasting not only Governor Cuomo but also Chief...
For many American evangelicals, Christian witness in the political sphere comes down to overturning Roe v. Wade. This is why the court evangelicals are so gleeful about Trump getting another Supreme Court nomination. This is also why they say virtually...
Great stuff here. Fareed Zakaria writes about possible scenarios that might take place on election night. It may also all come down to John Roberts. Here is a taste of his Washington Post column: All of us need to start...
Willamette University law professor and historian Steven K. Green makes a compelling case that the Supreme Court was “sloppy” in its use of history in the recent Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue decision. Here is a taste of his...
What have Trump’s evangelicals been saying since our last update? Mike Pence’s nephew hosted a court evangelical conversation with Paula White, Johnnie Moore and Samuel Rodriguez. This is an event sponsored by the Trump campaign. Watch: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znrLg80dxjQ&w=560&h=315] At the 5:30...
This is a piece I wrote on last weekend’s CPAC that was never able to place. –JF The name of Mitt Romney was booed relentlessly at last weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Fort Washington, Maryland. This year’s CPAC...
Watch Chief Justice John Roberts here. (For some reason You Tube will not let me access its embedding codes today). Pettifogging: “worrying too much about details that are minor or not important.” It was often used a derogatory statement about...
Mitch McConnell is going to let this first day of the impeachment trial go late into the night. I wonder if he knows that John Roberts needs to get up early tomorrow morning for oral arguments on the Supreme Court...
On Thursday, Chief Justice John Roberts began presiding over the Donald Trump impeachment trial. Over at The Washington Post, Michael Rosenwald writes about Salmon P. Chase, the Chief Justice who presided over Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial in 1868. Here is a...
Chief Justice John Roberts quoted a Brackenridge speech in the Trinity Lutheran v. Comer majority opinion. Here is a taste of Ann E. Marimow’s piece at The Washington Post: The lawmaker Roberts cited was H.M. Brackenridge, a member of the Maryland House...
