On June 21, 2022, the United States Supreme Court released its decision in the case of Carson v. Makin, declaring unconstitutional…
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Contrary to the New York Times, I don’t believe that the Supreme Court “spurred” our nation’s current divisiveness. That divisiveness…
On the final day of its October 2021 term, the Supreme Court ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) overstepped…
In a 6-3 majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned…
On June 21, the United States Supreme Court ruled Maine’s prohibition on sectarian schools from receiving public funds through the…
Before the Supreme Court issues its final opinion for the October 2021 term in June, it will rule on a…
The Maine Legislature will vote on a bill this session intended to protect the rights of student-athletes to profit from…
On January 27, Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer formally announced his intention to resign at the end of the current term…
On January 13, the Supreme Court blocked enforcement of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)…
Federal appeals courts recently issued two decisions impacting federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements mandated by President Joe Biden earlier this year.…
On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Carson v. Makin, a case involving religious freedom and what…
The U.S. Supreme Court denied an appeal for injunctive relief on October 29 in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Maine’s…
Should government officials be allowed to choose which journalists report on them? Most Americans probably would say no, because the First…
Approximately 25 percent of jobs in the United States require some kind of occupational license. A condition on which many…
The Court’s decision on Carson v. Makin could stop this kind of state-sanctioned favoritism for good and put religious schools on equal footing with public ones.
The issue of how this subset of workers is taxed is not going away anytime soon, and so it would have been an impactful and incredibly significant ruling had the Court taken the case.
On June 21, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in the case of NCAA v. Alston…
In an 8-1 vote, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of cheerleader Brandi Levy last week regarding the First Amendment…
During the stress, added financial and mental burden brought on by the pandemic lockdowns, no individual should have to worry about additional taxation without representation.
On April 28, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the case of Mahanoy Area School…
The Supreme Court of the United States recently voted to grant relief to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and…
In a decision handed down late Thanksgiving Eve, a five-Justice majority of the Supreme Court struck down parts of New…
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recently came under fire for comments he made at the Federalist Society’s National Lawyers Convention.…
The recent death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg certainly sent massive political shockwaves throughout the country, as did…
I listened last week to the questioning of Judge Amy Coney Barrett by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and…
In a shameless act of cultural appropriation, this week’s column title takes the Black Lives Matter / Antifa / “mostly…
It’s Supreme Court nomination time again, and the result is predictable. The usual suspects on the progressive left, especially those…
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to strike down a Montana provision prohibiting state aid to religious schools. …
On December 18, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reaffirmed in a 2-1 decision that the…
In 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that requiring public-sector workers to pay dues or fees to a union…
My previous column promised an examination of the competence displayed in resolving the Kavanaugh question. I can begin this examination…
Watching the Senate hearing on Ford vs Kavanaugh last week was sickening. It shows that there are no limits to how…
This year’s voting will be more exciting than usual in Maine. The Democrats are eager to regain control of the…
On Saturday, the country was stunned when reports began to surface saying that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had passed…