For the past several years, I have worked to confirm judges and justices that will just follow the Constitution and the law. This week, we saw the justices of the Supreme Court clearly speak out for our rights.
Today is a historic day for our nation and for life. After praying, speaking, and challenging our nation for years to see the value of every child.
Many Americans are celebrating the biggest win for life in a generation when the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey to allow decisions about abortions to return to elected representatives. In its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the Court ruled that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion and that the authority to protect life at all stages falls to the American people.
I am overwhelmed with joy for our nation and for the lives of unborn children who will have a chance to grow up because of the Supreme Court’s action and the stand of millions of Americans for life.
I will continue to ensure babies, moms, and parents are supported. I will continue to protect life at every stage, make adoption more affordable, expand the child tax credit to the unborn, provide food assistance and healthcare to needy families, fund maternal and infant health programs, and incentivize giving so that local nonprofits can more easily assist those in need.
In addition to their monumental decision in the Dobbs case, this week the Supreme Court affirmed religious liberty in America in Carson v. Makin. In America, we don’t just have freedom of worship; we have the freedom to live our faith at work, home, school, and in public. The Court affirmed that states cannot block parents from choosing faith-based education, if the state provides education assistance to parents. A state is not required to provide education assistance to parents, but if it does, the state cannot discriminate against families who choose faith based education. That is clear religious discrimination. In America, our government cannot establish a religion, but it also cannot exclude people of faith from government programs simply because they are religious. CLICK HERE to read more on the Court’s decision in Carson v. Makin.The Court also made a 6-3 decision in the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen case in which the Supreme Court upheld the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens to carry a firearm in public in the same way they can in private. The state of New York tried to require people to show “good cause” to have a firearm, in other words they required people to ask a government official for permission to carry a firearm. The Court reminded New York that we have constitutional rights that they cannot take away. CLICK HERE to read more on the decision and my perspective on it.There are still several important cases we are waiting on, including a decision protecting a coach who prayed after football games and a decision on the immigration policy called “Remain in Mexico” that would significantly help end the chaos at the border. We are waiting for all these cases and more to come in the days ahead.
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