Do the Religious Beliefs of Supreme Court Justices Influence Their Decisions?A MOMENT SYMPOSIUM WITH ROBERT BARNES LYLE DENNISTON TONY MAURO SARAH POSNER ...Breger, SarahCooper, MarilynGross, Rachel ESchwartz, Amy E
US Elections 2024: How religious beliefs are changing in the US and how it will impact the election The Republican party tends to attract religious voters. But could America's changing demographics make atheist support an asset for the Democrats? America is one of the...
Washington —The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will take up the case of a Colorado web designer who is opposed to creating wedding websites for same-sex couples because of her religious beliefs, in the latest clash to come before the court involving claims of religious liberty and state l...
The justices, in the ruling authored by conservative Chief Justice John Roberts, said denying Ramirez's requests would likely violate a federal law protecting the religious rights of prisoners. Roberts wrote that "it is possible to accommodate Ramirez's sincere religious beliefs without del...
They were represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. After failing to win a court order in favor of the parents, they urged the Supreme Court to hear the case and to give parents an “opt out” right for books that they say offend their religious beliefs. ...
The key issue before the Supreme Court is whether profit-making corporations can assert religious beliefs under the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act or the First Amendment provision guaranteeing Americans the right to believe and worship as they choose. Nearly four years ago, the justices expande...
t enough that the parents took issue with theeffectof the school board’s refusal to let them opt out. “Supreme Court precedent requires some sort of direct or indirect pressure to abandon religious beliefs or affirmatively act contrary to those beliefs,” the appellate panel ...
s sincerely held religious beliefs and practicesunlessproviding an accommodation causes the conduct of the employer’s business to suffer an “undue hardship.” TheGroffcase revisits and defines “undue hardship” in a significantly different way than it had been defined in ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP)-- In a significant ruling by the Supreme Court, privately held or family companies can refuse birth control coverage based on religious beliefs. It was a stunning blow to President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act and a huge victory for privately he...
Dozens of parents testified at school board hearings about their religious obligations to keep their impressionable young children from lessons on gender and sexuality that conflicted with their beliefs. Moges said she pulled her three daughters, now 10, 8 and 6, from their public schools ...