Post-Kennedy Panic Justice Kennedy was far from perfect, but how bad will things be now?
Panic is in the air. The announcement of Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement might have been welcomed by humanists if there was any likelihood that... Read More
Trouble in the Sandbox: A Postmortem of Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia v. Comer
What a mess. Recycled tires, decrepit playgrounds, scraped knees, footnote 3. The Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in Trinity Lutheran Church of... Read More
Newly Full Supreme Court Addresses Religious Liberty
Now that the Supreme Court finally has its ninth Justice in Neil Gorsuch (after over a year of delays because of the Republican refusal... Read More
Live Well, Die Well: Does Neil Gorsuch Understand Epicurus?
“The same exercise (i.e. the study of philosophy) at once teaches to live well and to die well.” – Epicurus, Epistle to Menoeceus The Seventh Annual... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: The Case against Gorsuch
Senate Democrats are in hand-wringing mode over what to do about the Neil Gorsuch nomination to the US Supreme Court. As usual, much of... Read More
Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Derails American Democracy
Last Wednesday I attended a joint congressional briefing hosted by the ACLU and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights titled “The State... Read More
Humanists Celebrate Major Victory for Reproductive Rights
Today I attended the rally outside of the US Supreme Court in anticipation of the decision on Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt, the most significant... Read More
Willing to Take, But Not to Give
Over the past few years, we’ve heard numerous stories of evangelical Christians and businesses opposing various practices that they feel clash with their religious... Read More
Keep Your Religion Off My Birth Control: Humanists Rally at the Supreme Court
Yesterday members and staff of the American Humanist Association joined with other organizations in taking a stand in defense of reproductive rights and the... Read More
On the Hill: With SCOTUS Nominee, Obama Fails to Diversify the Court
Following the death of US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in February, I wrote an article outlining how the Obama administration had a unique... Read More