July 2025

Mahmoud v. Taylor: SCOTUS Avoids Condemning the Real “Impermissible Burden”

“A government burdens the religious exercise of parents,” Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito writes on behalf of the court’s majority in Mahmoud v. Taylor, “when it requires them to submit their children to instruction that poses ‘a very real threat of undermining’ the religious beliefs and practices that the parents wish to instill.”

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Behind Kansas senator’s rhetoric on ‘big, beautiful bill’ lurk nasty truths

While attending the 2025 National Association of Social Work’s Annual Conference in June, I received an email from U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, praising President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” as a transformative legislative package that will prevent economic disaster and uplift American families.

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