Posts Tagged ‘Supreme Court’
Is Nothing Weird Anymore?
In 1991 The Addams Family movie was released and advertised with this slogan: “Weird is Relative.” I was leading a youth group at my church at the time, and I recall a teen telling me, “You know, when you think about it, that’s true: Weird IS relative.” I thought, “Well, yes, of course you can…
Read MoreWith Dobbs, What Has Changed?
On June 24th the Supreme Court issued its ruling on the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. The landmark verdict reversed the controversial 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that declared that the U.S. Constitution guaranteed the right to an abortion. The recent ruling states that the Constitution does not confer any such right. Those…
Read MoreOn the Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Like the Dred Scott decision and Plessy v Ferguson, Roe is finally on the trash heap of history where it belongs. In law school I was “randomly” called on to explain Roe by my Constitutional Law professor (who I later found out was a closet conservative.) As the only outspoken Christian in my class, in…
Read MoreImposing Morality on Others
As expected, today the Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that designated abortion as a constitutional right. For those of us active in the antiabortion movement over the years, it is the culmination of many prolife campaigns, protests, and prayers. I admit that I had at times given up hope that this…
Read MoreWhy Is Abortion Wrong?
Roe V. Wade lies on the brink of reversal. If you crawl out from under your rock for a moment, you can see the uproar caused by the leak from the Supreme Court of the United States. While many reaction videos and tweets have flooded the internet, I thought it may be helpful to explain…
Read MoreReacting to the Supreme Court Leak
I am not an “expert” on the US Supreme Court, but I am a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court, a federal court practitioner, and I participated in 2 arguments before the High Court. Here are a few random thoughts about the latest bombshell from the Court– 1) The release of a draft…
Read MoreWhat Will SCOTUS Do?
Given the important abortion case before the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) this week, I thought I’d make some comments about the abortion issue. I’ll make the bold statement that SCOTUS doesn’t actually rule to stop abortion. SCOTUS will, however, rule on the constitutionality of regulating abortion by analyzing the right to privacy under the Due…
Read MoreComment on the Supreme Court opinion in the New York churches case
Late last Wednesday before the Thanksgiving holiday the US Supreme Court issued a decision on an emergency relief petition involving attendance restrictions imposed by the State of New York on houses of worship. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court granted the emergency petition and prohibited New York from enforcing severe restrictions on attendance at…
Read MoreThe “Notorious R-B-G”
On Friday, September 18, 2020, US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) passed into eternity leaving behind a twenty-seven-year legacy on the Court that has some commentators lauding her life, and admirers deeply mourning her loss. Her death also kicked off a firestorm of debate about whether the President should fill her seat before…
Read More“Settled? … Maybe Not”
Wally Morris Should we accept that a moral issue has reached the point where continuing to fight for Biblical standards is not a wise use of our time and resources? That is the question Christians face as President Trump seems uninterested in the issue of homosexual marriage, calling it “settled law”. In his acceptance speech…
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