Neil Gorsuch

Commentary: Attorney General William Barr has launched a spree of federal executions, and when most of the Catholic Supreme Court justices ruled to vacate stays of execution, they effected these killings.

Distinctly Catholic: The decision in Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. Cuomo leads to a frightening conclusion: Five of the Supreme Court justices are ideologues, at least on the issue at stake.

The Supreme Court seemed willing to find a compromise about a Catholic social service agency shut out from Philadelphia's foster care program for not accepting same-sex couples as foster parents. 

Roman Catholics account for a bit more than 20% of the U.S. population, yet they are on track to hold six of the Supreme Court's nine seats now that President Donald Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill its vacancy.

Distinctly Catholic: The short answer is that the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg helps President Donald Trump in the election. But it is not clear if that help will be significant or not.

Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Supreme Court decides limit of parishioners during Mass; Biden's Catholic faith; Latino voters and abortion; a Democratic tsunami in November?

In a 5-4 decision July 24, the Supreme Court upheld Nevada's limits on congregation sizes, denying a request by a Nevada church for permission to have larger gatherings that are currently permitted in the state's casinos, restaurants and other businesses.

In a 6-3 vote June 15, the Supreme Court said LGBT people are protected from job discrimination by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.