Dogma Days: Religion Encroaching On Human Rights

Some cite the religious fight against Obamacare as proof the rule of law may not be as all encompassing or protective of human rights as first thought.

Katie Rucke
作者 Katie Rucke
Pope Francis meets ambassadors to the Holy See, at the Vatican, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. Pope Francis on Monday criticized abortion as evidence of a "throwaway culture" that wastes people as well as food, saying such a mentality is a threat to world peace. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

Is religion affecting our ability to ensure every man, woman and child is afforded their basic human rights? It’s a question religious scholars, constitutional lawyers and human rights advocates are pondering as the U.S. government prepares to decide in the next few months whether religious beliefs are reason enough to exempt employers from

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Justice Department Lied To SCOTUS About NSA Surveillance

The question of whether the Justice Department knowingly lied to the Supreme Court could mean a pending minefield for the Obama administration.

Frederick Reese
作者 Frederick Reese

As the nation learns more about the National Security Agency’s eavesdropping program, such as recent revelations that the NSA most likely tapped into the communications of Google and Yahoo users, not through cooperation with the companies themselves, but via collusion with the companies’ Internet backbone providers, questions on how the federal

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