The following comes from a February 16 Ventura County Star article by Tom Kisken:
As Michael McLean rehashed for the umpteenth time blurred scenarios created by Justice Antonin Scalia’s sudden death Saturday, one thing was clear.
Leaders of Thomas Aquinas College near Santa Paula were depending on Scalia’s vote in their Supreme Court battle involving birth control and their religious beliefs.
“His passing is a huge blow to our legal strategy at least in the short term,” said McLean, president of the small Catholic college where Scalia spoke about the Constitution in 1997.
The college is one of the religious institutions fighting an Affordable Care Act mandate for employers to offer insurance that covers contraception. Lawyers representing the college and other groups are scheduled to make legal arguments before the Supreme Court on March 23.
The school argues the mandate conflicts with its Catholic beliefs. Government officials say the coverage is designed to improve access to birth control and make sure it is affordable. They say employers can opt out through a system in which an insurer or third party would provide birth control coverage without the employer paying.
Officials of Thomas Aquinas, which is self-insured, said the accommodation doesn’t remove the school from the domino chain that would lead to coverage for contraceptions.
Constitutional law experts say it’s unclear what will happen next. Some cases that appear destined to a 4-4 vote could be held over until a new justice is appointed and confirmed.
Promises by Republicans to block any candidates nominated by President Barack Obama means that process could drag far into 2017.
If Republicans block installation of a justice until a new president is in office, it could be April 2017 or later before a full court is in place, said Barry McDonald, constitutional law professor from Pepperdine University.
The blocking efforts could become more challenging for the Republicans and trigger backlash worries, if Obama nominates a candidate with broad public appeal, McDonald said.
Our country is trying to kill religion by taxing it to death!
The ObamiNation & Western Media have heavily Censored images of POTUS ‘Barry on the down low’ Soetoro’s Tobacco Habit – but not Russians:
New Moscow Ad: ‘Smoking Kills More People Than Obama’
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/new-moscow-ad-smoking-kills-more-people-obama
An ad at a bus stop in Moscow shows President Obama smoking with a headline that translated states, “smoking kills more people than Obama.”
Apparently this ad calling the president a mass killer has become a trend in Russia.
The full text of the poster reads:
Smoking kills more people than Obama, although he kills lots and lots of people.
Don’t smoke, don’t be like Obama.
Gudkov told the Guardian, “Soon they’ll be scaring kids with Obama rather than Baba…
Twitter Censoring/Suspending Conservative Accounts—Totalitarian Move/Censored Breitbart Editor
https://www.capoliticalreview.com/capoliticalnewsandviews/twitter-censoringsuspending-conservative-accounts-totalitarian-movecensored-breitbart-editor/?utm
– the Internet is for open expression of opinion, from Right to Left. What to promote or oppose Obama—lots of blogs and programs on the Net to make you heard.
Twitter is shutting down, one by one, conservatives that want to be heard, making it more difficult for others to be heard.
“Rumours that Twitter has begun ‘shadowbanning’ politically inconvenient users…
= Twitter maintains a ‘whitelist’ of favoured Twitter accounts and a ‘blacklist’ of unfavored accounts”
Twitter is…
Twitter is….not the internet. If you say obnoxious things on a site owned by a person who abhors obnoxious things, don’t expect the ability to post obnoxious things there. Simple as that!
Public Comment Supporting the Right for Lawyers & Clients to hold Catholic Beliefs about Gender & Sexuality – is Desperately Needed regarding Professional Rules of the Bar & ABA – even now being altered
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CA Rule 2-400 Prohibited Discriminatory Conduct in a Law Practice
https://ethics.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/9/documents/CRRPC/RRC Final Docs/ProposedRulesofProfessionalConduct011014.pdf
ABA Midyear Meeting 2-8-16 https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/proposed_rule_making_workplace_bias_an_ethics_violation_doesnt_go_far_enoug/
The committee’s proposal to amend Model Rule 8.4 “moves beyond the comment to craft a distinct rule within the black letter of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct prohibiting lawyers from engaging in…
This Proposed ‘Anti Discrimination’ Rule for the CA Bar and ABA – essentially would Prohibit both Catholic Lawyers and advocating for Faithful Catholics.
Your Comments Are Needed – About Freedom of Conscience to Promote and Defend actions like the successful Proposition 8 Constitutional Amendment protecting Man & Woman Marriage – until the courts got to it.
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Rule 8.4.1 Prohibited Discrimination Practice Management and Operation
(a) For purposes of this Rule:
in Law
(1) “knowingly permit” means a failure to advocate corrective action where the managerial or supervisory lawyer knows of a discriminatory policy or practice that results in the unlawful discrimination prohibited in paragraph (b); and
(2) “unlawfully” and “unlawful”…
Rule 8.4.1 Prohibited Discrimination Practice Management and Operation
(1) “knowingly permit” means a failure to advocate corrective action…
(2) “unlawfully” and “unlawful” shall be determined by …sex, gender, sexual orientation,
religion,
age or disability as interpreted by case law or administrative regulations.
BTW – Both the ABA & California Bar plan to add the coverall ‘Discrimination’ for the so called ‘gender identity’ scam – Forcing All (including Lawyers & Defendants) to ‘Truly Believe’ that self mutilating Male (XY) drag queens like Bruce Jenner actually ‘tranz-zition in to ‘Womyn, let alone steroid abusing Misandrist Womyn (XX) pretending to be Men.
What this boils down to – is that All Americans Must Deny their Gender is anything other than a “Perception” – and your Genes & Genitals have nothing to do with what delusional disorders your mind suffers under – which is the New Law.
Deny you were Born Male (XY) or Female (XX) {*genetic / gestational Birth Defects notwithstanding – there are only two genders and All…
Deny the Immutable Inherited nature of your own gender – or face Jail Time for Contempt – such is the Law of the Tolerance Gaystapo in this age of AbomiNation.
Funny – Not, but Frisco & Mr T. Sparks (self mutilating male drag queen head of the disgraced SF ‘un -human-rights’ commission that employed Racist Homosex Pederast Toddler Rape-Porn purveyor Larry Brinkin – Just settled a Discrimination Suit against them by a Normal Heterosexual Male named Thomas Willis
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https://sfgov.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=2499269&GUID=44A7534A-B983-4DA5-A6B0-B16D9409DB97
Expect the new Draconian Thought Crime Laws to directly target the Church like they did Willis. Because:
Prominent Psychiatrist: Transgender is ‘Emotional Unhappiness ……
The ‘celebration’ in Sodom by the Sea over the death of Justice Scalia was grotesque – but when ‘Catholic’ Law schools like Georgetown and such trash the memory of the Great Man with their small hate – it is time to clean house at the Faculty Lounge.
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The Narcissism of Campus Diversity Activists
https://www.crisismagazine.com/2016/the-narcissism-of-campus-diversity-activists
Last week at Providence College, a group of students occupied the office of the president, Father Brian Shanley, for thirteen hours, presenting him with a list of demands toward making the school a more “inclusive” place for students of various racial and ethnic backgrounds.
(I use the scare quotes not to criticize the students, but because Orwell has…
The Miraculous Saint Story Behind Justice Scalia’s “Secret” Society | ChurchPOP
https://churchpop.com/2016/02/26/miraculous-saint-story-behind-justice-scalias-secret-society/
Michael, the essence of good communication is simple words in simple sentences. For the life of me, I often have no idea what you are trying to say except in the most general terms. Can’t you use real words? I thought you were a lawyer. If so, you have been trained to use effective English. Gaystapo isn’t a word. Neither are many others you use. None would acceptable in court.
This Video of the Homily by Fr. Scalia is Worth the Watch on its own merits, regardless of viewpoint, if only for the Questions it Poses for All of Us.
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Inspiring: Justice Scalia’s Son Preaches Powerful Christ-Centered Homily at Funeral
https://churchpop.com/2016/02/20/inspiring-justice-scalias-son-preaches-powerful-christ-centered-homily-at-funeral/
Fr. Paul Scalia, one of the nine children of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, delivered a powerful Christocentric homily at his father’s funeral at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. on Saturday.
“We are gathered here because of one man,” Fr. Scalia began after a few acknowledgements, letting you believe he was speaking of his father…
Great Story from the Homily by Fr. Scalia about his Father Antonin Scalia.
One day – Dad found himself in line for Confession, until he found out that his Son Paul was the Priest hearing them… And both agreed it might be just a bit better to find a different line to take his turn in.
A Beautiful Homily – That Focused On the Saving Power of Christ and the Great Mystery of God’s Mercy, and a Judgement we all must face in our own time.
Paul said to Pray for Antonin Scalia – and I ask that you out there do so, and Please – Pray for Me, as I will for You.