The US Supreme Court today denied a petition from a breakaway group, letting stand the decision of the South Carolina Supreme Court to return control of the Diocese of South Carolina and 28 church properties to The Episcopal Church and its recognized diocese, The Episcopal Church in South Carolina.
The U.S. Supreme Court receives thousands of petitions for certioriai each year, and hears only a small fraction of them. The nine justices regularly hold conferences to determine which cases merit further review, and a decision on the South Carolina petition is expected to come before the end of June. If the court chooses not to grant certiorari, no further appeals are possible.
The New York Times, during Black History Month, is publishing images from its archives that have never been published before, and today’s captured a bit
On June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court struck down state bans on interracial marriage. (Updated.)
On this date in 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. Discuss. Posted by John B. Chilton Photo:
“No religion’s belief or practice should be allowed to restrict the rights of people to marry and receive equal protection under the law,” said the Rev. Gay Clark Jennings, president of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church, which submitted a brief arguing that this case is about civil — not religious — definitions of marriage.
Updated with photos from Birmingham, Alabama and to change some wording. Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, previously known for refusing to remove a Ten Commandments
One of the great civil rights questions of the day will be weighed by the Supreme Court: must all 50 states allow gay and lesbian
The Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act today.
Greg Garrision reports in AL.com on the reactions of the three Bishops who opposed the Alabama legislation’s law that outlawed contact with people living in