Supreme Court Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
August 9th, 2022
Can a pharmacist deny filling a contraceptive prescription on religious grounds? One woman is taking her pharmacy to court for doing just that, after she was denied the morning-after pill by a religious pharmacist.
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June 28th, 2022
Abortion is no longer a right in the United States, and Justice Clarence Thomas doesn't want to stop there. He wrote that the court should take another look at rulings which legalized same-sex marriage and contraception.
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June 27th, 2022
The Supreme Court ruled that a football coach had his rights violated when his school let him go for praying on the 50-yard line. Critics fear that the ruling could lead to more overt religious expression in schools.
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June 24th, 2022
News that the Supreme Court officially voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and send abortion rights back to the states set off nationwide protests that are likely to continue throughout the summer and potentially beyond.
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May 3rd, 2022
The United States Supreme Court may soon overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which guarantees abortion rights for women. But some say restricting abortion could run afoul of Jewish religious tradition.
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September 7th, 2021
The Supreme Court declined to hear a last minute case challenging Texas's new abortion law. While pro-choice advocates fumed, evangelical Christians celebrated a major legal win for the pro-life movement.
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June 15th, 2020
In a watershed decision, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 it is illegal for employers to discriminate against their workers based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Up until today, that was entirely legal. No longer.
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October 11th, 2019
For the first time ever, the Supreme Court is hearing a case about the employment rights of transgender individuals. Can they be fired for transitioning?
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August 29th, 2019
A proposed 'near-total' abortion ban in Tennessee has some surprising opponents- Republicans. Seeing similar bills fail to hold up in court in other states, some Republican lawmakers worry the bill would be overturned.
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