Tag: Supreme Court | Page 2 | Science and Culture Today

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 3, 2025

Categories
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, “consensus science”, americans, authoritarianism, conformity, COVID-19, crime, drunk driving, Ethan Siegel, expertise, freedom, hospitals, hubris, humility, ideology, lockdowns, military, punishment, schools, security, Supreme Court, vaccine mandates, Vaccines}

Far from Chastened by Reality, Scientific Authoritarians Are Doubling Down

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 3, 2025

Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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Ethan Siegel, an astrophysicist and award-winning science writer, advocates for criminally and civilly punishing violators of the “scientific consensus.” Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
March 14, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Science Education
Tagged
, academic freedom, ACLU, Alabama, creation science, creationism, Discovery Institute, educators, Edwards v. Aguillard, Indiana, intelligent design, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, law, lawsuits, legislators, Louisiana, Louisiana Science Education Act, Mississippi, persecution, policymakers, politicization, public education, religious beliefs, Science Education Policy, scientific theories, strengths and weaknesses, Supreme Court, Tennessee, West Virginia}

West Virginia Passes Bill Protecting Teacher Rights to Answer Student Questions on “Scientific Theories”

_{Casey Luskin
March 14, 2024

Evolution, Science Education

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West Virginia joins Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Indiana, and Mississippi to become the sixth state to adopt some form of an academic freedom policy. Read More ›

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Author
Emily Sandico

Date
October 19, 2023

Categories
Intelligent Design
Science Reporting
Tagged
, Bible, Canada, creationism, fundamentalists, intelligent design, magazines, media, National Post, newspapers, public education, Scripture, Stephen Meyer, Supreme Court}

Throwback Thursday: Meyer Asks, “What Is This Theory of Intelligent Design?”

_{Emily Sandico
October 19, 2023

Intelligent Design, Science Reporting

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"As the story goes, intelligent design is just creationism repackaged by religious fundamentalists in order to circumvent a 1987 Supreme Court prohibition." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 12, 2023

Categories
Medicine
Science Education
Tagged
, Asians, bioethicists, blacks, diversity, education, Harvard University, health care, medical journals, medicine, physicians, Supreme Court, whites}

Woke Science: Affirmative Action as a Health Measure

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 12, 2023

Medicine, Science Education

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“Expert” class imperialism over purely political issues continues apace. Affirmative action is now a form of societally administered health care. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 15, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Ethics
Philosophy
Tagged
, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, democracy, ideology, morality, Nature (journal), policy, Politico, Politics, pregnancy, religion, Science (journal), Supreme Court, technocracy, truth}

Another Prestigious Science Journal Conflates Science with Politics and Pushes for Technocracy

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 15, 2022

Bioethics, Culture, Ethics, Philosophy

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If anything is a “war on science,” it is publishing ideological articles like this in what is supposed to be a science journal. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
September 1, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Culture
Ethics
Tagged
, abortion, culture, eugenics, Harvard University, ideology, journals, morality, Politics, Science (journal), scientific establishment, Supreme Court, United States, wokeness}

How Political Ideology Has Undermined Scientific Credibility

_{Wesley J. Smith
September 1, 2022

Bioethics, Culture, Ethics

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Science goes badly off the track when it succumbs to ideological pressures — as it did with the eugenics movement. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
August 17, 2022

Categories
Ethics
Philosophy
Science Reporting
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, abortion, African Americans, assisted suicide, babies, bias, censorship, culture, human being, media, morality, Politics, public health, Racism, religion, Roman Catholic, Supreme Court}

Pro-Abortion MDs Want Media to Cancel Pro-Life Voices

_{Wesley J. Smith
August 17, 2022

Ethics, Philosophy, Science Reporting, Scientific Freedom

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Many abortion absolutists claim that pro-lifers are “racist” because restrictions on abortion will “disproportionately” impact women of color. Read More ›

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Date
July 7, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, Australia, Constitution, Discovery Institute, Dobbs v. Jackson, Europe, human rights, Humanize, media, North America, public policy, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, United States, Wesley Smith}

Where the Abortion Debate Goes from Here

_{Science & Culture
July 7, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

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On a new podcast, host Wesley Smith and guest Catherine Glenn Foster discuss the Dobbs decision. Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
June 25, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Tagged
, abortion, activists, assisted suicide, Constitution, courts, Dobbs v. Jackson, Due Process Clause, euthanasia, history, hubris, law, Supreme Court}

How Euthanasia Activists Laid the Groundwork for Overturning Roe

_{Wesley J. Smith
June 25, 2022

Bioethics, Medicine

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Back in the ’90s, the assisted-suicide movement tried to convince the Supreme Court to impose a Roe–style decision for their cause. Read More ›

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Date
March 28, 2022

Categories
Bioethics
Evolution
Tagged
, Adolf Hitler, Center for Science and Culture, Darwin Day in America, Darwinian theory, Discovery Institute, eugenics, Evangelical Christians, evolution, forced sterilization, history, John West, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Richard Weikart, Roman Catholic, scientists, Supreme Court, United States}

Before the Third Reich: America’s Darwinist Eugenics Crusade

_{Science & Culture
March 28, 2022

Bioethics, Evolution

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One of the most famous instances was Carrie Buck, sterilized as “feeble minded” despite going on to live a normal productive life. Read More ›