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Tuesday, September 24th, 2024

Right-wing Catholics control the US Supreme Court

Author:     Niall O'Dowd
Source:     Irish Central
Publication Date:     Jul 08, 2022
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Stephan:  

Here is an aspect of the corruption of the Supreme Court I had never considered. I knew that Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society was a Roman Catholic and Opus Dei member, and that six Justices are catholics, but I did not know of the Opus Dei connection in the Court. It is a measure of the failure of corporate journalism that none of the journalists who routinely cover the Court have reported and properly emphasized it. Our laws are determined by six christofascists.

Justices Amy Coney Barrett, John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh, and Samuel Alito either belong to or are close to members of Opus Dei, the secretive lay movement within the church, first created in Spain by Father Josemaría Escrivá in the 1920s.

Opus Dei critic Matthew Fox is in no doubt about the power that the secretive group now yields on the Catholic justices.

“The Supreme Court itself has become a cesspool of religious ideology ignoring the pluralism of American culture in favor of a far-right version of evangelical and Roman Catholic Christianity committed to anti-abortion fanaticism,” writes Fox.

The outline philosophy of the justices as professed in Alito’s memorable dismissal of Roe v Wade last month closely mirrors the priorities of Opus Dei (in English, Work of God) the deeply conservative Catholic group they owe fealty to.

Anybody asking what the opinion of Opus Dei is on the issue of abortion would be left in no doubt as to group’s hardline views that all abortions be banned. Roe v Wade may have been overturned but […]

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2 Comments

  1. Terri Quint on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 10:59 am

    Those six ultra-conservative justices, including the Chief Justice, are devout Catholics and because of their numbers, they are destroying the democracy that we have worked so hard to maintain these nearly 250 years. The only solution—because of their rulings that totally ruin the idea of a democracy—-is for Harris, should she win, add 4 more justices to the court so that these horrific rulings can be overturned. There is no way a president who absolutely commits a crime should go unpunished. So what if he is the president? He isn’t God!!! He just be prosecuted and jailed if found guilty—and removed. That’s why we have a Vice President, so these things must be corrected because these rulings are sooooo wrong!!!

  2. Will on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 8:01 pm

    Whether the justices are considered conservative or liberal I want to see term limits on all judgeships from the highest to the lowest. In a democracy there should be no position that is a life long appointment. The details could be worked out by some conference of retired judges, lawyers and lay people. Maybe ten years then out or maybe they could go through a reappoint process or there could be an age limit. No matter how much you love a justice, say RBG or hate a Scalia once their term in office is reached out they go.