Jonathon Turley in the LATimes today Judge John G. Roberts Jr. has been called the stealth nominee for the Supreme Court — a nominee specifically selected because he has few public positions on controversial issues such as abortion. However, in a meeting last week, Roberts briefly lifted the carefully maintained curtain over his personal views.…

Get Religion reports on the nervous reviews, including this one in The Hollywood Reporter What’s troubling from a political point of view is that these filmmakers have, perhaps unwittingly, delivered a film certain to give succor to the religious right. In this ethical horror story, scientists experimenting with human genetics to advance medicine and cure…

The topic at Mirror of Justice And if the Church’s pronouncements on the depth and scope of the abortion wrong lead to denial of communion for pro-choice Catholic politicians, isn’t there a pretty good argument that a devout Catholic judge — including a lower court judge — must view enforcing Roe and Casey as so…

Benedict says being pope isn’t easy Won’t condemn Islam as a whole over terrorism Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he did not see an anti-Christian motive in the recent wave of terrorist attacks blamed on Islamic extremists, attributing them instead to "a much more general intention." The pontiff also told reporters it was important to…

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