The court left unresolved the extent to which religious schools may use public funding for explicitly religious activities, such as worship services and religious-education courses.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: With abortion ruling, Roberts tries to salvage Supreme Court’s reputation
But Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh don’t live by their pledges to honor precedent.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: ‘Dreamers’ need more than high court’s reprieve
Immigrants who grew up in America and know no other home deserve permanent status and a path to citizenship.
Posted inNation & World, News
Supreme Court rules against attempt by Trump administration to end DACA
The justices rejected administration arguments that the 8-year-old Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program is illegal.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Equal rights decision something to celebrate
The Supreme Court’s decision offers long-overdue protection for LGBT people in the workplace.
Posted inNation & World
Supreme Court takes a pass on several gun rights cases for next term
Gun rights advocates had hoped the court would expand the constitutional right to “keep and bear arms” beyond the home.
Posted inNation & World, News
Supreme Court rules gay, transgender people are protected from job discrimination
The decision was a defeat not just for the employers, but also the Trump administration, which argued that the law’s plain wording compelled a ruling for the employers.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: No one is above the law – end ‘qualified immunity’ for police
In Augusta and Washington, lawmakers should take steps to address violations of the Constitution by the officers sworn to uphold it.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine quarantine ruling shows everything old is new again
Science is at the heart of the federal decision, just as in the 1986 Supreme Court ruling that upheld Maine’s out-of-state bait fish ban.
Posted inNation & World, Religion and Values
Catholic schools, ex-teachers clash in Supreme Court case
A disability discrimination lawsuit to be heard next week involves a teacher at a Catholic school who developed breast cancer, asked for time off for treatment, then learned her contract wouldn’t be renewed.