With today’s Supreme Court nomination and assumed confirmation of Judge Sotomayor it would bring the total of Catholic baptized jurists on the Supreme Court to a total of Six or 66%. (not to be confused with 666) Sonia Sotomayor has been desribed by the press as a “cultural” Catholic, in other words non-practicing.
Could the Holy Spirit be stacking the deck for a future change to US Abortion Law? We can only hope and we should pray that all the Supreme Court Judges can continually be called to a deeper conversion in their faith life to know, love, and serve God.
Also what does this say about Catholicism? Soon 6 of 9 Supreme Court Judges will have grown up with or are currently practicing the Catholic faith? Roberts, Kennedy, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and now Sotomayor.
After doing some further research on Sotomayor today there may be some “hope” when it comes to the issue of Life, but as of now all signs point to Sotomayor supporting Roe v Wade althought it doesn’t apprear to be as much of a sure thing as I had thought earlier today.
Sotomayor has not directly issued any rulings on abortion but she has been involved in a few cases surrounding the abortion issue.
One could assume the Obama administration knows where she stands on abortion and is using this fact that she hasn’t ruled on abortion to get her placed on the court. But I’ll point to the glimers of “hope” in the nomination since Obama is all about hope.
Sotomayor participated in a decision that upheld the Mexico City Policy which prohibits sending taxpayer dollars to groups that promote and perform abortions in other nations. Unfortunately President Obama recently reversed that policy.
Judge Sotomayor also upheld pro-life policy by rejecting claims from a pro-abortion legal group that it violated the Equal Protection Clause because the challenge involved neither a suspect class nor a fundamental right. She then acknowledged the ability of the government to adopt anti-abortion policies, noting, the Supreme Court has made clear that the government is free to favor the anti-abortion position over the pro-choice position, and can do so with public funds.
At the same time, Judge Sotomayor wrote an opinion overturning, in part, a district court’s judgment against a group of pro-life protestors. Though not concerning abortion policy directly, the case is viewed as a stand against free speech for pro-life advocates.
Wouldn’t it be sweet irony if the most Pro-Abortion President ever, appoints the Judge the helps overturn Roe v Wade? While doubtful, it would be an example of how God overcomes seemingly large odds to apply His will.
Maybe with enough prayer and the right case, brought before the court, Abortion could be overturned. Please say a rosary and offer a Mass intention for Justice Sotomayor and the Supreme Court. God Bless
Six Catholics and Counting
Could the Holy Spirit be stacking the deck for a future change to US Abortion Law? We can only hope and we should pray that all the Supreme Court Judges can continually be called to a deeper conversion in their faith life to know, love, and serve God.
Also what does this say about Catholicism? Soon 6 of 9 Supreme Court Judges will have grown up with or are currently practicing the Catholic faith? Roberts, Kennedy, Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and now Sotomayor.
After doing some further research on Sotomayor today there may be some “hope” when it comes to the issue of Life, but as of now all signs point to Sotomayor supporting Roe v Wade althought it doesn’t apprear to be as much of a sure thing as I had thought earlier today.
Sotomayor has not directly issued any rulings on abortion but she has been involved in a few cases surrounding the abortion issue.
One could assume the Obama administration knows where she stands on abortion and is using this fact that she hasn’t ruled on abortion to get her placed on the court. But I’ll point to the glimers of “hope” in the nomination since Obama is all about hope.
Sotomayor participated in a decision that upheld the Mexico City Policy which prohibits sending taxpayer dollars to groups that promote and perform abortions in other nations. Unfortunately President Obama recently reversed that policy.
Judge Sotomayor also upheld pro-life policy by rejecting claims from a pro-abortion legal group that it violated the Equal Protection Clause because the challenge involved neither a suspect class nor a fundamental right. She then acknowledged the ability of the government to adopt anti-abortion policies, noting, the Supreme Court has made clear that the government is free to favor the anti-abortion position over the pro-choice position, and can do so with public funds.
At the same time, Judge Sotomayor wrote an opinion overturning, in part, a district court’s judgment against a group of pro-life protestors. Though not concerning abortion policy directly, the case is viewed as a stand against free speech for pro-life advocates.
Wouldn’t it be sweet irony if the most Pro-Abortion President ever, appoints the Judge the helps overturn Roe v Wade? While doubtful, it would be an example of how God overcomes seemingly large odds to apply His will.
Maybe with enough prayer and the right case, brought before the court, Abortion could be overturned. Please say a rosary and offer a Mass intention for Justice Sotomayor and the Supreme Court. God Bless