Judge rules EPA must provide evidence used for Pruitt’s climate change claims

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A U.S. district judge has ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to release any documents used by Administrator Scott Pruitt to make his public statement that human behavior is not a “primary contributor” to climate change. The chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Beryl Howell, said in a ruling issued last Friday but first widely …

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With California’s aid-in-dying law on hold, patients are left to wait

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Dozens of terminally ill patients in California who counted on using the state’s medical aid-in-dying law may be in limbo for a month after a court ruling that suspended the 2016 measure. A judge who ruled in May that the law was improperly enacted refused to vacate that decision at the request of advocates last …

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NC legislators advance bills putting God and cursive in schools, expanding charter takeovers

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North Carolina schools could look and operate differently next year if the state Legislature eventually passes a handful of bills that made it out of a key committee on Tuesday. One of the bills that advanced would require every public school in the state to prominently display signs containing the phrases “In God We Trust” …

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At Christian Colleges, a Collision of Gay Rights and Traditional Values

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It’s no secret that Christian colleges do things differently than their secular peers. There are behavior codes, required Bible study, Christian-infused curriculums (think: environmental protection as “creation care”) and weekday chapel. But where these campuses once existed in a bubble, new economic, social and cultural realities are letting outside air rush in — and with …

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Most Americans do not support businesses citing religion to deny service to LGBT people

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The Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a gay couple in a 7 to 2 decision. That decision is in contrast to popular opinion: Most Americans don’t support allowing gay Americans to be denied services because of the religious convictions of a business owner. Justice Anthony M. …

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The Only Openly Non-Religious Member of Congress Easily Won His Primary

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This wasn’t one of the races anyone was paying close attention to last night, but I think it still merits mention. In California’s 2nd congressional district, Rep. Jared Huffman, the only openly non-theistic member of Congress, coasted through his top-two-advance-to-November primary. He’ll face Republican Dale Mensing in what should be a (thankfully) uneventful race. What’s notable is that …

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Ireland May End Preferences For Baptized Students, Opposing Catholic Church

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In a major rebuke to the Catholic Church, Ireland recently voted to repeal the country’s strict ban on abortions. Now the government is pushing back against the Church by ending the practice of giving preferential treatment to elementary school students who are baptized. The majority of schools in Ireland are controlled by the Catholic Church, and …

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Colorado baker case hints at how Supreme Court will rule on Trump travel ban

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The Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case is a narrow win for Jack Phillips, a Colorado baker who declined to create a custom cake for a wedding between two men. Although this case was litigated for years as a free-speech case, the justices instead found a way to decide the case on very narrow …

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How the 'narrow' ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop could undermine future civil rights cases

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The ruling will likely be interpreted by lower courts, which are currently being stacked with Trump appointees. Legal analysts have rightly noted that Monday’s Supreme Court ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commissionwas narrow — though that’s not a reference to the 7-2 count (with Justices Breyer and Kagan joining the Court’s five Republican …

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