By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 89, has announced that he will retire from the bench when the court finishes its work for the summer.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
While speaking to an Italian-American law group in Philadelphia on Tuesday, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said he was frustrated with repeated comments in the press about the Court’s Roman Catholic majority.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
Placards featuring pictures of aborted babies greeted Supreme Court justices, two Cabinet members and Vice President Joe Biden as they entered the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, DC for the annual Red Mass.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor told the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday that she considers the question of abortion rights to be “settled law” and said she believes there is a constitutional right to privacy.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
In the search for an indication of where she might stand on the abortion and homosexual marriage issue, Sonia Sotomayor, the woman named as a possible replacement for retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, is being described as a “cultural” Catholic who rarely attends Mass and does not belong to a parish.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The ink had barely dried on the California Supreme Court decision to uphold a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage when two of the nation’s top constitutional lawyers filed an appeal in federal court to stop the state from enforcing the ban. However, supporters of same-sex marriage fear the latest legal move is premature and could hurt rather than help their cause in the long run.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
As Congress prepares for the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court, her mysterious stance on abortion has become a worry to pro-abortion forces and a hope for pro-lifers.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The battle for the Supreme Court is beginning sooner than expected with the sudden announcement by Justice David Souter that he is planning to retire when the court finishes its work this summer. His departure is unlikely to change the current conservative-liberal split in the Court.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
The Supreme Court has turned down an emergency appeal from a New Jersey man who says President-elect Barack Obama cannot be president because he was not born in the United States.
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By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Citizens concerned about abortion, gay rights, and the kind of judicial activism that has caused the moral condition of the country to deteriorate over the last few decades will be wise to consider the candidates’ positions on one of the most important decisions they will make during their presidency – the appointment of Supreme Courts justices.
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