A Dallas Morning News editorial today urges the Texas Board of Education to revisit the Social Studies curriculum when newly elected members join, to undo some of the more controversial, damaging changes narrowly voted in earlier this month. The standards approved...
Judge Janet Hall could rule as quickly as this weekend in the suit challenging a Connecticut school district's decision to hold graduation ceremonies in a church. Closing arguments on Thursday left the case in her hands with commencment scheduled for June 23 and...
Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan don't get underway until later this summer, but that doesn't the courting process. Here are a few of the stories going around today: Current Justice Antonin Scalia thinks Kagan's lack of judicial...
An amendment to the Defense Authorization Act (HR 5136) would allow military chaplains to offer sectarian prayer at non-religious events. Proposed by Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), the change would add this language if passed: If called upon to lead a prayer outside of...
The Arizona Republic adds some detail regarding the state's Tuition Tax Credit program the US Supreme Court has now agreed to review. Arizona's private-school tuition tax-credit program gives donors a dollar-for-dollar reduction in state income taxes for...
The newest issue of the Baptist Joint Committee’s newsletter, Report From the Capital, is now online, and it’s full of great stuff this month, including: Brent Walker on retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, highlights from Martin Marty’s...
