Who Understands Women’s Health Better than Women?
Humanists have long been aware of attempts by the religious right to chip away at women’s access to abortion. Since the US Supreme Court... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: Religious Privilege for Pharmacies
I drink a fair amount of wine, much of which I purchase at my local convenience store. Suppose I show up there one day... Read More
SCOTUS Briefing for the Everyday Humanist Part 1: Birth Control under the Affordable Care Act
"Humanists … work to uphold the equal enjoyment of human rights and civil liberties in an open, secular society and maintain it is a... Read More
So Long, and Thanks for All the Mercury-Filled Fish: SCOTUS Strikes Down EPA Regulations
If the recent victory for LGBT rights happened to trick you into believing that the US Supreme Court was shifting to a more enlightened,... Read More
A Cruel and Unusual Ruling: Supreme Court Upholds Use of Controversial Lethal Injection Drug
Last week, the United States Supreme Court gave humanists reason to celebrate when they finally threw off fundamentalist notions of marriage and declared marriage... Read More
One-Year Anniversary of Hobby Lobby: How RFRA Was Used and Abused
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Inc. The Court ruled that “closely held” for-profit... Read More
Remembering the Glory Days of Church-State Separation
June 17 marks the 52nd anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case, Abington School District v. Schempp, that declared unconstitutional a state law requiring... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: Rule 11 and the Same-Sex Marriage Case
Lawyers live in fear of an edict called “Rule 11.” When a lawyer presents a pleading or brief to a court, the goal is... Read More
Singles: You Have This Man to Thank for Your Legal Contraception On the Anniversary of Eisenstadt v. Baird, A Salute to its Defendant
There are genuine heroes in the world, and you can often tell who they are by how much they are vilified. As a matter... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: Ominous Signs at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard arguments earlier this month on a small First Amendment case that should be more about free speech than about religion.... Read More