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- Sep 12, 2022
- 5 min
Why the Founders Rejected Christian Nationalism & Desired a Separation Between Church & State
Many conservative Christians today want to break down the wall between church and state that the founders of our nation created in the 1790s. These individuals, known as Christian Nationalists, believe that our policies and laws should be guided by their interpretation of the Christian bible rather than science and secular notions of liberty and equality. The majority of these individuals are white evangelical Protestants who have aligned with the Republican Party in the Sout
- Jul 24, 2022
- 2 min
Support for Trump's Supreme Court Plummets. Recent Decisions have Undermined Respect for the Court
This is now Donald Trump's Supreme Court and Americans understand that it has a specific and very conservative ideological agenda. And, the vast majority of Americans don't seem to like it very much. A new Marquette Law School Poll found that approval of the U.S. Supreme Court has fallen to 38%, while 61% disapprove of how the Court is doing its job. By contrast, less than two years ago, in September of 2020, approval of the Court stood at 66% with 33% disapproval. The Marque
- Jul 21, 2022
- 3 min
Republicans in the Senate Support Laws to Prevent Women from Traveling Out of State for an Abortion
Last week in the US Senate, Republicans blocked the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act, a bill that would have guaranteed the right to travel out of state for an abortion. A similar bill was passed this week in the House of Representatives where Democrats hold a majority. However, without Senate approval, the bill will not become law and conservative states are already fashioning legislation to stop women from traveling to terminate their pregnancies. As widely predicted,
- Jul 12, 2022
- 2 min
After Decades of Abusive Protests at Abortion Clinics, Kavanaugh has No Right to Complain
No one who has witnessed the hateful, abusive protests that patients, doctors, and nurses have endured for decades at abortion clinics should have the audacity to complain about protestors interrupting Brett Kavanaugh's dessert last week at Morton's Steakhouse in DC. The Week: "Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh found himself embroiled in controversy yet again after a group of pro-choice protesters crashed his Wednesday night dinner at Washington, D.C.'s Morton's Steakhous
- Jul 6, 2022
- 2 min
Supreme Court Ends its Term by Undermining the EPA's Role in Reducing Greenhouse Gases
By the end of its term, no one was very surprised when the Supreme Court issued another poorly reasoned decision to reduce the Environmental Protection Agency's [EPA] important role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Like its earlier decisions to eliminate the constitutional right to abortion, vastly expand gun rights and further erode the wall separating church and state, the Court's new conservative supermajority ignored precedent and decades of hist
- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
The Coach involved in the Supreme Court's Prayer Ruling Sought to Coerce His Team into Participating
The Supreme Court on Monday sided with former public school football coach Joseph Kennedy who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games. They found that the school district was wrong to cut ties with the coach when he refused to stop leading prayer sessions on the field. NPR: "Writing for the court majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch said that the school relied exclusively and improperly on concerns that the prayers would be viewed as a religious endorsement by the school.
