In the wake of the dumpster fire that was Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, there was speculation in legal circles that the U.S. Supreme Court would lay low: It would avoid taking on controversial cases or overturning long-standing precedent. But the Court’s action earlier this month suggests that patience, restraint, and avoiding hot-button issues are […]
Washington, DC — The Secular Coalition for America released the following statement today after the Senate voted (50-48) to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Statement by Larry T. Decker, Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America “The confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to our nation’s highest court is a supreme injustice.
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Members of Congress have released a letter detailing how a Justice Kavanaugh would dismantle the wall of separation between state and church. The list of signatories includes four members of the Freethought Caucus Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA), Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA).
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We joined our national faith and partners and secular member organizations in a letter addressed to every U.S. Senator opposing the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
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Washington, DC — Today, eighteen national organizations representing atheists, agnostics, humanists, and nontheistic Americans delivered a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee urging them to reject the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. “Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination would be a wrecking ball to the vital separation between church and state,” said Representative Jared
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The Secular Coalition for America and 18 of its member organizations sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee opposing the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
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Brett Kavanaugh is an originalist in the mold of Antonin Scalia or Clarence Thomas. Originalism is one of the main reasons the Federalist Society approved him for its shortlist of judges and why the National Review endorsed him: he has “repeatedly taken conservative stands and fearlessly defended his textualist and originalist philosophy.” But what does it mean to be
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This November, residents of Alabama and West Virginia will vote on whether to add anti-abortion language to their states’ constitutions. The two ballot initiatives had been proposed prior to Anthony Kennedy’s retirement from the Supreme Court and Donald Trump’s nomination of anti-abortion judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the vacancy. Even so, they’re best understood as a preview
Americans’ access to abortion could largely depend on which political party holds the most power after this year’s midterm elections. Previous court decisions from President Trump’s new Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, indicate that he may rule against reproductive rights when those cases come before the high court. Kavanaugh’s track record, coupled with Trump’s vow
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In a speech he gave at the American Enterprise Institute last September, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh not only praised the late Chief Justice William Rehnquistfor dissenting in Roe v. Wade, he rejected the idea of a “wall of separation between church and state.” Unlike legal opinions in which he would be bound by precedent, this speech indicated his
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