Catholics on the bench are sitting out gun rights decisions
The usual Roman Catholic obstruction of U.S. justice
Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito just sat out Supreme Court decisions
The recusals highlight a tension between judicial ethics practices and broader concerns about transparency and accountability.
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Amy Coney Barrett: Building the Kingdom of God – Catholic Stand
Janet Meyer
Thejustice.org says this: “Thus, Barrett is saying that law should be used to advance faith.” … that what she is really saying, though? You can find the entire speech online. She begins her speech expressing that Notre Dame graduates “will fulfill the promise of being a different kind of lawyer.” … Barret tells the graduates, “But if you can keep in mind that your fundamental purpose in life is not to be a lawyer, but to know, love, and serve God, you truly will be a different kind of lawyer.” She offers suggestions “for ways in which you might go about being a different kind of lawyer, one who treats his or her career as a means to the end of serving God rather than an end in itself.” First, she says, pray before accepting a job, asking God how to best serve Him. Secondly, she recommends tithing. This will help them remember their earnings should be used in the service of God. Finally, she suggests graduates become active in parishes and develop relationships there. This is important because: “It’s only when you’re an independent operator that your career takes over. When your life is placed firmly within a web of relationships, it is much easier to keep your career in its proper place.” None of this sounds like anything out of the ordinary. Certainly, this is no cause for alarm …
US Supreme Court justice speaks at Vatican Jubilee of Justice
“If people of good faith talk to each other civilly and rationally,” Justice Alito said, the results are better than if just one person is making the decision.
Cindy Wooden
In a frescoed hall of a building housing the Catholic Church’s highest courts, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. spoke about faith, mercy, tradition and hope. ¶The justice, a Catholic, was in Rome for the Sept. 20 celebration of the Jubilee of Justice, which brought together thousands of judges, lawyers, prosecuting attorneys, law professors and canon lawyers from some 100 nations. ¶The celebration featured an audience with Pope Leo XIV, who holds a doctorate in canon law and spoke about justice as involving respect for the law and for the dignity of the person as well as promoting reconciliation and forgiveness.
You really need to volunteer at your small local church to sweep the floor or wash the dishes as a Supreme Court justice?
There's just plain too much bird crap getting on those flowing black robes from that Roman architecture with the columns where the pigeons are roosting.
Sometimes I wonder if the Jews on the Supreme Court bench have a different opinion from what the Catholics have, since it has long been an absolute requirement to be either Jewish or Catholic to serve as a Supreme Court justice in the United States.