US Supreme Court

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A clear and present danger for the Boy Scouts

Philip Sutton | 28 March 2013 |

tags: Boy Scouts, homosexuality, US Supreme Court

An organisation which emphasises strength and purity of character has every right to exclude gays and lesbians as leaders.

The shaky science behind same-sex marriage

Institute for Marriage and Public Policy , Harvey C. Mansfield and Leon R. Kass | 26 March 2013 |

tags: same-sex marriage, same-sex parenting, US Supreme Court

The case rests squarely on sociology and psychology. How reliable can this be, ask two distinguished scholars.

40 years after Roe v Wade, a deadly stalemate

G. Tracy Mehan III | 22 January 2013 |

tags: abortion, Roe v. Wade, US Supreme Court

Despite recent state restrictions and a growth in pro-life sentiment, more than a million lives are lost to abortion each year in the US.

When a state government refuses to defend its marriage laws

James S. Cole | 20 January 2013 |

tags: California, same-sex marriage, US Supreme Court

A crucial case before the US Supreme Court will determine whether sovereignty lies in the hand of the people or judges.

“Gay marriage”, courts and the executive power

James S. Cole | 03 January 2013 |

tags: Defense of Marriage Act, same-sex marriage, US Supreme Court

Two cases before the US Supreme Court could be used to hand more power to the White House.

How can US Federal Courts tell States how to run their prisons?

James S. Cole | 09 June 2011 |

tags: California, prisons, US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court recently ordered California to reduce the numbers in its over-crowded prisons. Has it overstepped its authority?

Sense and sensitivity: when a cross causes offence

Joe Infranco | 14 January 2011 |

tags: ACLU, Constitution, cross, US Supreme Court

Will the offended few have their way over a long-standing tradition of memorials to the dead?

Why Is the Supreme Court supreme?

Thomas C. Reeves | 05 July 2010 |

tags: Elena Kagan, US Supreme Court

Because the US Constitution says so. And that’s the way it should be, even if its decisions aren’t always to our liking.