Supreme Court to Rule on School Choice
This week’s story update on Election Central examines the upcoming impact that a Supreme Court ruling may have on the separation between church and state. If a student wishes to attend a private parochial (religious) school rather than his or her public school, who should pay for it: the student’s family, or the taxpayers? That […]
Supreme Court Rules on Church vs. State Issue
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web looks at another court ruling on the separation between Church and State. Back in March, Election Central brought you the story of a forty-foot concrete cross that sparked a new debate over the separation of church and state. The case made its all the way to […]
Police Raid California Journalist Home
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web tells the story of a police action against a journalist who thought he was protected by the First Amendment. Freedom of the press is one of our essential democratic values. It basically refers to the idea that the government isn’t allowed to interfere with the media. […]
A New Battle in Church vs State
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site updates you on a new Supreme Court case focused on the continuing question of freedom of religion and the Constitutional separation of church and state. You probably know that the First Amendment to the Constitution requires the separation of church and state. But what exactly […]
AFTER THE FACT: Mary Beth Tinker
You might remember that last spring, thousands of students across the country walked out of their schools to protest gun violence in the wake of the tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida. For the most part, these student protestors were not punished for their activism. But as recently as fifty years ago, that might not […]
Stuff YOU Should Know
Soccer Team Rescued from Thailand Caves Last week, btw brought you the story of the boys soccer team that was trapped in a vast cave system in Thailand. Now, after a staggering seventeen days underground, all twelve of the boys and their coach have been rescued and brought to safety. The boys initially became trapped […]
To Bake or Not to Bake?
You may remember the 2012 story of the Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a gay couple because he didn’t agree with their marriage. This incident kicked off a legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court. Last week, in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights […]