Supreme Court of the United States
These are the latest news cases from the Supreme Court of the United States regarding pro-life and family issues, religious persecution, and other topics affecting the Catholic Church.
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Supreme Court upholds freedom to pray at public meetings
The U.S. Supreme Court on May 5 upheld the practice of voluntary prayer before public meetings by a 5-4 ruling,... Read more
Supreme Court declines to hear religious freedom photography case
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to weigh in on a case involving a small Christian-owned photography business that... Read more
Women rally outside Supreme Court for religious liberty
Women supporting employers challenging the government's contraception spoke out in support of a vision of women's equality that supports fertility... Read more
Supreme Court justices divided on HHS mandate argument
As the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments touching on religious freedom and for-profit companies Tuesday, the justices seemed divided over... Read more
Contraception mandate case argued at US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a challenge to the Affordable Care Act touching on the federal government’s... Read more
Hobby Lobby draws wide breadth of support in mandate case
Hundreds of individuals and groups from a broad range of religious and political backgrounds have filed briefs supporting the owners... Read more
EWTN hopeful after Supreme Court ruling on Little Sisters
News that the U.S. Supreme Court has granted an exemption from the contraception mandate to the Little Sisters of the... Read more
Supreme Court hears abortion zone case, declines 20-week ban
The Supreme Court will rule this year on a case involving “buffer zones” outside abortion clinics, but it has declined... Read more
Supreme Court case examines prayer at public meetings
A case before the U.S. Supreme Court is considering the ability of a town in New York to open meetings... Read more
Supreme Court term touches on prayer, religious liberty
The 2013-2014 Supreme Court term, which began Oct. 7, will address several prominent issues in the public square, including freedom... Read more
Approach dialogue with respect, bishop tells US leaders
U.S. Supreme Court justices and government officials at an annual Mass invoking the Holy Spirit's aid were reminded of the... Read more
Proposition 8 still applies in California, backers say
Proposition 8 backers have filed a legal brief saying that the ballot measure defining marriage as a union of a... Read more
Marriage rulings pose obstacle to Church teaching, bishop says
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decisions on gay marriage will make it harder for the Church to teach Americans about... Read more
Family advocates say marriage ruling ignores children
As the Supreme Court handed down its historic rulings on “gay marriage,” an array of family advocates are warning that... Read more
Supreme Court strikes down DOMA, dismisses Prop 8
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act is... Read more
Supreme Court will not hear Planned Parenthood defunding case
In a setback for state efforts to defund abortion providers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear Indiana’s... Read more
Ariz. abortion law hoped to win Supreme Court support
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against an Arizona law banning abortions after 20 weeks, but backers... Read more
Momentum builds around national March for Marriage
Plans for a national March for Marriage in downtown Washington, D.C., are generating excitement and enthusiastic support, according to organizers... Read more
Redefining marriage creates conflict, bishops warn Supreme Court
In recent legal briefs filed with the Supreme Court, the U.S. bishops warned that a redefinition of marriage would create... Read more
Catholic convert and Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork remembered
Judge Robert H. Bork, a Catholic convert whose defeated Supreme Court nomination helped ensure the continued dominance of legal abortion... Read more
