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USCCB to Congress: Protect Food Aid & the Environment, Domestically &...
On October 20, the Most Reverend Stephen E. Blaire, Bishop of Stockton, California, and the Most Reverend Howard J. Hubbard, Bishop of Albany, New York, penned a letter on behalf of the United States...
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Seeking Moral Guidance on the Iraq Withdrawal
On December 15, 2011, President Obama formally announced the end of the eight-and-a-half year Iraq war. American troop presence in Iraq has dwindled to a fraction of its former strength: In 2007,...
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Justice Brennan and Justice White from the Catholic Bishops’ Point of View
During his time on the Rehnquist Court, Justice Brennan voted in seven cases in which the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (the “USCCB” or “Bishops’ Conference”) filed an amicus curiae...
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The Catholic Bishops in the Roberts Court: Track Record as Amicus Curiae
In the first six years of the Roberts Court (OT05-OT10), the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops filed seven amicus curiae briefs. Four dealt with religious liberty (Gonzales v. O Centro...
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The Limited Scope of the Catholic Bishops’ Amicus Curiae Briefs
By using the amicus curiae briefs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to define the universe of Supreme Court cases in which the Catholic hierarchy has an interest, it is possible to...
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The USCCB Urges Nuclear Disarmament Policy
This month, the USCCB’s Department of Justice, Peace, and Human Development (the “JPHD”) released a statement urging the Obama Administration to move decisively toward nuclear disarmament. The JPHD...
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Here are some important law-and-religion news stories from around the web: A town in New Jersey has withdrawn regulations that were the subject of a lawsuit in which the plaintiff alleged that the...
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Here are some important law-and-religion news stories from around the web: In Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Abbott, the Fifth Circuit held the FFRF’s lawsuit challenging the exclusion of...
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