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Economic Downturn and the Legal Profession

Posted on April 03, 2009
Adam Cohen had an excellent editorial in yesterday's NYT about the challenges and opportunities that the economic downturn poses for the legal profession. He suggests the following "silver linings" -- all of which will be perceived as enormous challenges for...

How non-establishment does (and does not) protect conscience

Posted on April 03, 2009
Here, at Public Discourse, is a short version of a paper I gave at our own Patrick Brennan's excellent Scarpa Conference, at Villanova, a few weeks ago. A bit: [H]ow, precisely, do the anti-establishment norm and the ?separation of church...

A new blog of interest

Posted on April 03, 2009
Here is a new (to me) blog dedicated to exploring the "integration of Christian faith and the Law." A matter worth exploring, I'd say! Check it out.

Well done, Gov. Kaine

Posted on April 03, 2009
Gov. Tim Kaine (D-Va) "has signed a bill into law banning the use of some state funds for embryonic stem cell research. The move puts the DNC chairman at odds with President Obama, who signed an executive order earlier this...

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Daley's confusion

Posted on April 03, 2009
In this op-ed, "An uneasy mix of religion and politics," Bill Daley criticizes Cardinal George for criticizing Notre Dame's decision to honor President Obama with the commencement address and a ceremonial degree. In the process, he reveals, and promotes, deep...

Fordham Symposium on Poverty & The Common Good

Posted on April 02, 2009
If anyone is in the NY-Westchester area this evening, Fordham's Beck Institute on Religion and Poverty and our Office on Mission and Ministry are hosting an evening symposium on Poverty & the Common Good at Fordham's Westchester (West Harrison) Campus...

Insanity on college campuses?

Posted on April 02, 2009
According to this report: "If all goes as planned tonight, hundreds of students at the University of California, Davis, will watch a $10 million pornographic movie in a chemistry lecture hall, the periodic table of elements hanging above their heads."...

What Mirror of Justice looks like . . .

Posted on April 02, 2009
. . . according to Wordle. Interesting. And weird.

Pope John Paul II

Posted on April 02, 2009
On this date, four years ago, Pope John Paul II -- John Paul the Great, I believe -- went to his reward. According to this story: Pope Benedict XVI is marking the fourth anniversary of the death of Pope John...

"Abortion is a blessing"

Posted on April 02, 2009
Yuck. This from the new dean of the Episcopal Divinity School: These are the two things I want you, please, to remember - abortion is a blessing and our work is not done. Let me hear you say it: abortion...

Emerging lessons from the Obama commencement invitation / reaction

Posted on April 02, 2009
If you're not depressed enough by Michael's report on universities' embrace of porn as suitable student entertainment, try reading the reader comments to the Chicago Tribune's coverage of Cardinal George's criticism of Notre Dame's decision to invite President Obama to...

Engendered Differences

Posted on April 01, 2009
Miranda McGowan at U. San. Diego Law School just posted an interesting article: "Engendered Diffferences." Here's the abstract: This article presents evidence that men and women have very similar cognitive abilities, personality traits, and interests; immutable sex differences on these...

Asylum for Homeschooling?

Posted on April 01, 2009
A German couple is seeking political asylum in the U.S., alleging they are being persecuted for their evangelical Christian beliefs which lead them to homeschool their children. According to this article, German state constitutions require children to attend schools...

Protecting conscience based on subjective considerations

Posted on April 01, 2009
Tom Huddle wonders whether it's possible to base conscience laws on the centrality of a particular belief to the person invoking conscience: Per your blog posts in the past few days, you suggest ?centrality of the particular belief to the...

Oklahoma's Bishops Speak Against Notre Dame's Decision to Honor Pres. Obama

Posted on April 01, 2009
Oklahoma City Archbishop Beltran and Tulsa Bishop Slattery have voiced their dissapointment at Notre Dame's decision to honor President Obama at graduation.

New Dean at Notre Dame Law

Posted on March 31, 2009
News release here.

Why Notre Dame is Right to Welcome Obama

Posted on March 30, 2009
For reflections on why Notre Dame should welcome Obama from Kenneth Woodward, a Notre Dame graduate and Newsweek religion editor for 38 years, see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/29/AR2009032901352.html?hpid=opinionsbox1.

Conscience protection and human rights

Posted on March 30, 2009
They are connected, says Bishop Murphy. (Full interview here.)

"The right road for a civilized society . . . "

Posted on March 30, 2009
". . . is to abolish the death penalty altogether." So says that right-wing, partisan, shallow, one-dimensional, in-the-pocket-of-the-GOP Archbishop Charles Chaput: Capital punishment, euthanasia, abortion and war: All these issues raise profound questions for Catholics as we reflect on the...

Carroll College v. NLRB

Posted on March 30, 2009
Courtesy of the smart people at Sidley & Austin, here is a helpful update on a recent religious-institutions decision that might be of interest.

Stricherz on overturning Roe

Posted on March 30, 2009
Over at America magazine's blog, Mark Stricherz explains why "overturning Roe would save lives and be popular." (In so doing, he fleshes out his disagreement with those who, like Michael Sean Winters, David Gibson, and many others, believe the opposite...

comment on Woodward and the ND/Obama controversy

Posted on March 30, 2009
Kenneth Woodward's comment on the ND/Obama controversy largely depends, it seems to me, on the idea that Notre Dame is not really honoring President Obama by awarding him an honorary degree. He refers to the degree as the "customary honorary...

"You have a marvelous virgin!"

Posted on March 29, 2009
Do you think it's time for the State Department to spend a little more time briefing top officials? The Catholic News Agency reports this exchange between our Secretary of State and the Rector of the Basilica of Our Lady of...

Speculating about Lazarus

Posted on March 29, 2009
Today's gospel reading, John's account in Chapter 11 of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, is one of my favorites. In one of his books (Drawn into the Mystery of Jesus through the Gospel of John), Jean Vanier speculates that...

Painter on torture: "It's Just Plain Wrong"

Posted on March 29, 2009
There are some interesting posts up, by Prof. Richard Painter, over at the Volokh Conspiracy.

"Atheist Delusions"

Posted on March 29, 2009
This should be good. David Hart is one of the best writers around, I think. (HT, and a review: R. Reno at First Things).

"The Pope May be Right"

Posted on March 29, 2009
In today's Washington Post (Page A15), Edward Green writes: When Pope Benedict XVI commented this month that condom distribution isn't helping, and may be worsening, the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa, he set off a firestorm of protest. Most non-Catholic...

Michael Czerny, SJ, on the Pope, Africa, Condoms, and AIDS

Posted on March 29, 2009
Jesuit father Michael Czerny directs the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN). For anyone interested in delving beyond the NY Times simplistic (and distorted) headlines and op-eds, his essay, "A Human and Spiritual Wake-up Call," in Thinking Faith, the online Journal...

Lukacs, "Last Rites"

Posted on March 28, 2009
Check out this very interesting review, over at the very interesting Plumb Lines blog, of John Lukacs' new autobiography.

Michael Perry on "Constitutional Rights, Moral Controversy, and the Supreme Court"

Posted on March 28, 2009
I am in Atlanta this weekend, along with our MOJ-colleague Michael Perry and others, for the annual meeting of the Christian Jurisprudence project of the Emory Center for the Study of Law and Religion. Among the other great things about...

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