Sotomayor gives RC supermajority in SCOTUS
President Obama has just announced that his pick to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter is Sonia Sotomayor, who is currently a federal judge on the US Court of Appeals for the 2nd...
View ArticleSCOTUS refuses to hear 10C appeal
The Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of two Kentucky counties over displays featuring the Ten Commandments. McCreary and Pulaski Counties already lost this battle back in 2005, when the...
View ArticleSCOTUS declines KY Homeland case
Well, this is disappointing. The Supreme Court has declined to hear American Atheists vs. Kentucky Office of Homeland Security. As a reminder, the Kentucky legislature passed a law back in 2002 that...
View ArticlePodcast #198 – Hobby Lobby at SCOTUS
This summer’s Supreme Court ruling on the Hobby Lobby case will decide whether or not private, for-profit employers can opt out of federal legislation based on sincerely held religious belief. (Cartoon...
View ArticleSCOTUS is wrong on Greece v Galloway
By now most of us have had a chance both to recover from the initial shock and to absorb some of the details of this week’s Supreme Court ruling on Greece vs. Galloway. Briefly, the Court was asked to...
View ArticlePodcast #207 – Ark Encounter Still Afloat
Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter continues to grasp for Kentucky taxpayer dollars, despite being a religious operation that promises to discriminate in its hiring policies. The Supreme Court has put marriage...
View ArticlePodcast #208 – Live at DragonCon 2014
David couldn’t make it this year, so Allison jumps in to take up the slack! In this live version of the podcast we discuss recent Supreme Court decisions, take a look at Satanism, and share some really...
View ArticlePodcast #218 – SCOTUS to Tackle Marriage Equality
The Supreme Court will finally hear arguments on two issues: whether states have the right to ban gay marriage, and whether states must recognize out-of-state gay marriages under the full faith and...
View ArticleJune 4 in freethought history…
June 4, 1945 – Author and journalist Susan Jacoby is born. Her books include Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism, The Age of American Unreason, and The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and...
View ArticleJune 17 in freethought history…
June 17, 1963 – The US Supreme Court rules in Abington v. Schempp and Murray v. Cutlett, that public school-sponsored Bible readings are unconstitutional. Young Ellery Schempp (whose family was active...
View ArticlePodcast #228 – Jiggery-Pokery with a Side of Applesauce
We discuss the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, with special attention to the bitter dissents seemingly aimed at delegitimizing the Court itself. We also look at the more-or-less...
View ArticleJuly 9 in freethought history…
July 9, 1968 – American author Vardis Fisher dies in his native Idaho, aged 73. He was best known for novels set in the Old West, including Mountain Man, the basis for the 1972 Robert Redford film...
View ArticleApril 3 in freethought history…
April 3, 1962 – The US Supreme Court hears Engel v Vitale, a case that originated in New Hyde Park, NY, where a group of families sued to end the public school’s practice of opening the day with a...
View ArticleTRUMP and SCOTUS: How bad could it get?
At 9:00 tonight, President Trump will announce his pick to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court. This replacement is almost guaranteed to be approved by the Republican...
View ArticleThe Most Dangerous Branch
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been obsessed with the current struggle in the Senate over the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy on the US Supreme...
View ArticlePodcast #268 – Monica Miller on Bladensburg Cross at SCOTUS
I interview American Humanist Association Senior Counsel Monica Miller about the upcoming hearing at the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the “Peace Cross” in Bladensburg, MD. Plus: Ruth Bader...
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