Justice Alito Concerned by the Catholic Question
Posted by Tim Drake
Friday, October 23, 2009 7:27 AM
Bothered by the frequent talk about the number of Catholics on the Supreme Court, Justice Samuel Alito voiced his concerns in a recent speech to an Italian-American law group in Philadelphia, reported The Associated Press.
“There has been so much talk lately about the number of Catholics serving on the Supreme Court,” said Alito. “This is one of those questions that does not die.”
Alito... READ MORE
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Cardinal Asks Justices to Protect the Unborn at Red Mass
Posted by Tim Drake
Monday, October 05, 2009 8:08 AM
Six Supreme Court justices, Vice President Joe Biden, and two Cabinet members were among the dozens of other judges and Washington public officials at yesterday’s Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington.
During Galveston-Houston, Texas, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo’s homily, which can be read in full here, he called for lawyers to be a voice for all of their clients,... READ MORE
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Sotomayor Confirmed
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, August 06, 2009 2:48 PM
Sonia Sotomayor (CNS)
The U.S. Senate today confirmed Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court, by a vote of 68-31.
Sotomayor’s confirmation increases the number of Catholics to six on the nine-member court.
But unlike the other five Catholic justices — John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito — Sotomayor is expected to be a solidly pro-abortion... READ MORE
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Bork on Sotomayor
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:35 PM
Judge Robert Bork (CNS)
Newsweek has published an interview in which Robert Bork discusses, among other things, the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.
He calls it “a bad mistake.”
During the interview, Bork notes that his own 1987 nomination to the Supreme Court was torpedoed solely because of a justified fear he would have voted to overturn the court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision on... READ MORE
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Brown vs. Roe v. Wade
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:02 AM
Carl Anderson contrasts the very different legacies of the two most consequential Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century: Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade.
Brown ended legal sanction of racial discrimination in the United States; Roe v. Wade inaugurated legal sanction of the killing of unborn children in the United States.
Today, the vast majority of Americans support the... READ MORE
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More on Sotomayor’s Faith
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, June 01, 2009 1:44 PM
Sonia Sotomayor visits her alma mater, Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx. (CNS/Reuters)
As William Donohue points out, Judge Sotomayer’s Catholicism seems less a concern in the media than Roberts’ and Alito’s did.
Here’s the take of The New York Times regarding the Catholic background of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor:
There are indications that Judge Sotomayor is more like the majority of American Catholics: those who were raised in the faith and shaped by its... READ MORE
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Obama to Nominate Sotomayor
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 8:55 AM
Sonia Sotomayor (wikipedia)
Federal judge Sonia Sotomayor has been selected by President Barack Obama as his nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, CNN reports.
Obama will announce Sotomayor’s nomination later this morning, CNN reports.
The Daily Blog will provide a more detailed analysis of the choice of Sotomayor — focusing on her judicial record with respect to the life issues and other issues that are key to... READ MORE
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