Issues of class and meritocracy have been raised in the aftermath of two Supreme Court decisions about higher education, says columnist Michael Sean Winters. And the conversation has deepened and grown more interesting.
It is widely recognized among conservative and progressive Catholics that the right to life is genuine, and not contingent upon legislative rulings. But there seems to be less of a consensus about the right to bodily autonomy.
The annual gathering of conservative Catholics is full of whine and wine, notes columnist Michael Sean Winters. This year's doom-and-gloom preaching was offset by the excitement at the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision.
Commentary: In light of the vision laid out by Pope Francis, the U.S. Catholic community must take a firm, public stance against the recent anti-life Supreme Court decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency.
Susan Hendershot:By prioritizing the desires of polluters over the safety of the people, SCOTUS is showing a blatant disregard not only for those it supposedly serves, but also a disregard for God's beautiful creation.
Michael Sean Winters: The Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and that "the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives" throws a curve ball into this autumn's midterm elections.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the government can proceed with the transfer of Oak Flat to a private venture that's planning an underground copper mine. The Apache Stronghold coalition said they will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Catholics responded with joy, anger and trepidation to the U.S. Supreme Court's June 24 decision that overturned its earlier 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that had guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion.
As we at NCR have long argued, making abortion illegal is not the only — or even necessarily the most effective — way to bring about a reduction in the number of abortions in this country.