The transcript in today's Supreme Court argument in of Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn is online now. In questioning of Neal Katyal, representing the government as a third party, Justices Ginsburg and Breyer struggled with his view that...
Yesterday's Supreme Court argument in Sossamon v. Texas focused not on a discussion of protecting the fundamental civil rights of a Texas inmate, but on fairly technical considerations of legislative clarity and the sovereignty of states. Lyle Denniston offers a...
It's a big week in the Supreme Court for church-state argument. In addition to tomorrow's hearing in the Arizona tuition tax credit challenge, this morning the court heard Sossamon v. Texas, a case involving an inmate's ability to sue for money damages...
On a tour promoting his new book, "White House Diary", former President Jimmy Carter discusses the dangerous continuation of a trend that started in the Southern Baptist Convention back when he was in office. Jimmy Carter has some strong words for what he...
The Arizona Republic previews Wednesday's Supreme Court oral argument in Arizona Christian School Organization v. Winn, a case ostensibly about school vouchers being used to the overwhelming benefit of religious schools. The likely issue to be addressed by the...
No religious legal system or court could ever supplant or take precedence over the Constitution and judicial system in the United States. But that hasn't stopped many this election season from suggesting that Islamic law is somehow a threat to become the law of...
