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EPPC SCHOLARS RESPOND TO
FULTON v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA DECISION

EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow Ed Whelan offers his quick guide to the opinions in the Fulton case today: “In one of the most-watched cases of the term, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled today in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia that the city of Philadelphia violated the free-exercise rights of Catholic Social Services, a Catholic foster-care agency, by conditioning CSS’s continued provision of foster-care services on its agreeing to certify same-sex couples as foster parents.” Read the full piece here.

EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson released the following statement on Fulton: “A 9-0 win at the Supreme Court is not something to take lightly. Yes, the holding was likely narrower than it would have been had it been decided 5-4 or 6-3. Yes, there are many other questions that remain to be answered by the Court as far as the extent of the Constitutional protections for Americans who believe marriage unites husband and wife. Still, the Court ruled unanimously in favor of the free exercise of Catholic Social Services of Philadelphia. It ruled unanimously against the religious bigotry of the city of Philadelphia. This is a big win for religious liberty and for all Americans who support the truth about marriage. It also seriously undermines the leading argument from many on the Left: that support for man-woman marriage is akin to racist bigotry. Note there were not many 9-0 wins for Bob Jones University.”

EPPC Fellow Andrew T. Walker writes: “While religious liberty proponents will undoubtedly wish that the Court had chipped away at the Smith test that has hobbled religious liberty for over two decades now, we should still celebrate today’s ruling as a significant win...we should pray that it has cascading effects elsewhere in demonstrating the intrinsic reasonableness of Christian viewpoints about sexuality and family.”

And EPPC Senior Fellow Roger Severino praised the decision on Twitter, noting that “the constitution requires space for people of good will to live according to their views of marriage, family, and human flourishing in their daily lives even today, when it has fallen out of favor with some woke governments.”

What should be done about Big Tech and its increasing censorship of conservative voices and speech, along with other harms its business practices pose to American society? What are the various solutions and approaches being put forward in Congress, and how should we think through the merits of them?

Join EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson and EPPC Policy Analyst Clare Morell as they host EPPC’s Big Tech Symposium, where five members of Congress will present their proposed legislative solutions, followed by panels of distinguished legal scholars and experts to discuss and debate those solutions as applied to Section 230, Antitrust Law, and Common Carrier Law.

Click here to register for this event.

And don’t miss EPPC Policy Analyst Clare Morell’s recent piece for Newsweek (with Law Professor Adam Candeub) on a new bill by Senator Roger Wicker that “offers a creative path forward to countering Big Tech’s censorship.”

“HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS ABOUT”: LIVING A LIFE THAT MATTERS

By EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson
Public Discourse

As you go through life, ask yourself whether what you’re doing will matter from the perspective of eternity. After all, the only success of ultimate importance is faithfulness. The only real tragedy in life is not to have loved and served God. Read More

CHILD CARE PLURALISM: SUPPORTING WORKING FAMILIES IN THEIR FULL DIVERSITY

By EPPC Fellow Patrick T. Brown
Niskanen Center

Expanding the array of options available to American families, whether it be care by a relative or parent, or a daycare or child care center, should be a prime focus of public policy. Read More

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THE SUPREME COURT MUST SETTLE THE SELECTIVE-ABORTION QUESTION

By EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis
National Review Online

Appellate courts are split on whether states may prohibit abortions chosen after a prenatal Down-syndrome diagnosis. Read More

LEFT DEMANDS THAT BIG BUSINESS BOYCOTT STATES THAT DON’T WANT ABORTION

By EPPC Postdoctoral Fellow Nathanael Blake
The Federalist

The managerial oligarchy, along with its enablers, advocates, and hangers-on, believes that it has the right to rule the rest of us — government by the wealthy and connected, for the wealthy and connected, and of the wealthy and connected. Read More

VOLTE-FACE

By EPPC Resident Scholar James Bowman
The New Criterion

Democrats and the media continually urge Americans to get ourselves onto “the right side of history” — which, paradoxically, also means leaving history itself behind us in our inevitable progress towards the progressively promised land. The right side of history turns out to be the one that’s turned away from it. Read More

CAN RELIGION BE A HEALING FORCE IN SOCIETY?

By EPPC Senior Fellow Peter Wehner
BYU Religious Freedom Annual Review

Christians engaged in public life should model calm trust rather than panic and vitriol born of anxiety. We are called to be faithful, not successful. Read More

FUSIONISM: FREEDOM'S HANDMAID

By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
Online Library of Liberty

American conservatives owe Frank Meyer a debt of gratitude for helping inadvertently to create the modern conservative movement that defeated Soviet Communism and held socialism at bay for forty years. Beyond that, neither conservatives nor Americans more broadly owe him deference or reverence. Read More

CARDINAL PELL AT EIGHTY

By EPPC Distinguished Senior Fellow George Weigel
Syndicated Column

Cardinal George Pell was not built for quiescence. His voice will be heard. And it will be heard where it counts. Read More

BREAKING: EEOC CHAIRWOMAN UNILATERALLY ISSUES GENDER GUIDELINES

By EPPC Senior Fellow Roger Severino
National Review Online

Charlotte Burrows, chairwoman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, posted a guidance document purporting to apply Bostock v. Clayton County, which redefined Title VII’s prohibitions on discrimination “because of sex” to include sexual orientation and transgender status in certain contexts. Read More

FDA’S NEW CDER DIRECTOR GRANTS APPROVAL OF YET ANOTHER EXPENSIVE, SCIENTIFICALLY QUESTIONABLE DRUG. MORE WILL FOLLOW.

By EPPC Fellow David Gortler
Forbes

Since the FDA operates without external oversight, it’s not possible to hold the agency accountable for bad approval decisions that ultimately place taxpayers on the hook for hundreds of billions of dollars via Medicare Part B program. Read More

THE FED DOESN’T WANT YOU TO WORRY ABOUT INFLATION. YOU SHOULD.

By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post

Inflation continues to gather strength, rising to 5 percent in May compared with a year ago. Though the Federal Reserve assures us that this is merely a temporary increase thanks to last year’s pandemic-related drop in demand, that’s likely to be a case of putting wishes ahead of reality. Read More

THIS MAY BE ISRAEL'S BEST CHANCE AT RECONCILIATION

By EPPC Senior Fellow Henry Olsen
The Washington Post

With the inclusion of a member from the Arab Ra’am party in Israel’s new governing coalition, the Jewish state now has an opportunity to usher in an era of reconciliation. Read More

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