Judicial activism

Supreme Court Judge Anthony Kennedy retires: Donald Trump was elected for such a time as this

June 28, 2018
Martin Sewell
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Yesterday, the real prize of winning the last US General Election was presented to the American people. The resignation of US Supreme Court Judge Anthony Kennedy offers Donald Trump the opportunity to nominate a second US Supreme Court Judge, and…

Happy Inauguration Anniversary, Mr President. And thanks for getting back to the separation of powers

January 19, 2018
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One year ago, our friends in the USA exchanged one thin-skinned narcissistic president for another, and immediately a fresh chapter of their ongoing culture wars began. Less inhibited than their…

Prince of Wales to UK Christians: “Do not take your rights of freedom of worship and freedom of expression for granted”

December 21, 2017
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The Prince of Wales has visited London's Melkite Greek Catholic parish, based at St Barnabas Church in Pimlico. Coptic Orthodox Bishop Angaelos was in attendance, along with Syriac Archbishop Athanasius…

Dignity in Dying and the callous indignity of their spin

September 13, 2015
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How many of us breathed a big sigh of relief when the voting results for the Assisted Dying (No.2) Bill were announced? Those in the know were expecting a…

A British Bill of Rights is wholly contingent on the UK leaving the EU

May 27, 2015
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Today's Queen's Speech is the first to be delivered on behalf of a majority Conservative government since 1996, when John Major was Prime Minister and 'Europe' was tearing his…

The Christian deception about Conservatives and Human Rights

May 26, 2015
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There is a lie permeating the Christian social-media detachment that the Conservative quest to repeal New Labour's Human Rights Act amounts to an assault upon fundamental human rights; that…