TN Attorney General Asks SCOTUS To Review Election Results in PA
Nov 13, 2020
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery joined several other Republican attorney generals in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court urging it to hear a case regarding ballots counted in Pennsylvania.
Supreme Court delays decision on Mississippi abortion ban for 5th time
Nov 12, 2020
Last Thursday, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch again asked the Supreme Court to review a lower court’s decision on a state law banning most abortions after 15 weeks. The law was blocked by a district court in 2018, and an appeals court judge upheld the ruling in December of 2019, holding that the restriction placed an unconstitutional burden on a woman’s right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy before viability. Mississippi then appealed the case to the Supreme Court.
Massachusetts Lawmakers Move to Legalize Abortion up to Birth, Adding it to State Budget
Nov 11, 2020
Next week, the Massachusetts Legislature is set to debate an amendment to the state’s budget that addresses access to abortions up until birth. The amendment to the budget bill would effectively enact the ROE Act, which had earlier stalled in the Legislature’s Joint Committee on the Judiciary.
Nevada Repeals Marriage Amendment to State’s Constitution
Nov 10, 2020
In the November election, Nevada become the first state to formally repeal a constitutional amendment that voters had adopted 18 years earlier by which marriage was defined marriage as between a man and a woman. The amendment was repealed with 62 percent of the vote.
Louisiana Passes Amendment Saying There Is “No Constitutional Right to Abortion”
Nov 5, 2020
On Tuesday, with over 60% of the vote, Louisiana voters approved Amendment 1 to their state constitution, a ballot initiative that proposed new language to the state’s Constitution banning any right to an abortion or funding of abortions, except in cases of life endangerment.
Mississippi school forbids 3rd-grade student from wearing “Jesus Loves Me” mask
Nov 4, 2020
The parents of a third grader in Simpson County have filed a lawsuit in federal court against the school district after their daughter was ordered to remove her “Jesus Loves Me” face mask.
Supreme Court Hears Arguments In Religious Freedom Case for Catholic Adoption Agency
Nov 3, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case which presents the question of whether a city may exclude a Catholic adoption agency from its foster care system because, in accordance with Catholic teaching, its policy does not allow it to license same-sex couples to be foster parents.
Amicus Brief Filed in 6th Circuit on Abortion Issue
Oct 30, 2020
On Thursday, FACT president, David Fowler, filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in support of the state’s appeal of federal District Court Judge William Campbell’s decision to prevent enforcement of the Governor’s abortion legislation during the trial of the underlying lawsuit. The brief was filed through the Constitutional Government Defense Fund, allied with FACT, on behalf of 33 members of the current General Assembly.
Student Sues TN School for Banning Biblical Shirt While Allowing LGBTQ Speech
Oct 29, 2020
The father of a Tennessee student has filed a lawsuit against the Overton County Board of Education after his daughter’s school ordered her to change a shirt which read "Homosexuality is a Sin-1 Corinthians 6:9-10."
FSU Student President, Ousted for Catholic Beliefs, Reinstated by School’s Supreme Court
Oct 28, 2020
A Florida State University (FSU) student who was removed as president of the student senate for discussing his Catholic beliefs on social media has been reinstated.
