Link Roundup for Wednesday September 30, 2009
Posted by matt (September 30, 2009 at 6:22 pm)
Notre Dame Case Looks Mighty Suspicious
Vital Signs
Those pro-life activists who were arrested on the campus of Notre Dame University in peaceful protests of abortion enthusiast Barack Obama’s receiving an honorary doctorate from the supposedly Catholic school are going up against a judge who is married to Edward Manier. (Manier is a Notre Dame professor notorious for his pro-abortion views, political contributions and associations.)
Free the Notre Dame 88: Backlash Continues Over Award to Obama
Count Us Out
The controversy over the honorary degree the University of Notre Dame awarded President Barrack Obama last spring is not over. A total of 88 pro-life demonstrators who were arrested for entering the South Bend, Indiana, campus to protest the award given at the May 17 commencement still face trial on criminal trespass charges. A petition calling on the university to withdraw its complaints against them is circulating online; the president of a pro-life, public-interest law firm has launched a “Free the Notre Dame 88″ website; and a prominent member of the University’s law school faculty has published a strongly worded open letter to Father John Jenkins, CSC, accusing the University president of a “despicable disgrace” and of being “the jailer” of “authentic pro-life witnesses” on the campus.
Alveda King Shares Pro-Life Message at Dinner and with High School Students
Today’s Catholic News
Mary Daly was awarded the Brother John Lavelle CSC scholarship in recognition of her efforts from high school onward, her service as president of Notre Dame Right to Life and her organizing ND Response, the student group that opposed the honorary degree to President Barack Obama.
Developments in Brigid’s Notre Dame trespassing charge
Tom Faranda’s Folly
The attorney just filed another motion for the current judge to recuse herself on account of her husband’s well-known pro-abortion position. Brigid thinks the attorney, a local fellow by the name of Tom Dixon, is wonderful, and I’ve spoken to him a couple of times on the phone. A first rate guy.
Judge in Notre Dame Pro-Life Protest Case Married to Pro-Abortion ND Professor
LifeNews
An attorney for the pro-life protesters arrested on the campus of Notre Dame University is asking for the judge in the case to recuse herself. That is because Judge Jenny Pitts Manier, assigned to the ND88 case, is married to pro-abortion Notre Dame professor Edward Manier.
ND pro-lifers want judge to recuse
CathNews USA
Attorney Tom Dixon who represents the pro-lifers arrested while protesting at the University of Notre Dame has called for Judge Jenny Pitts Manier to recuse herself for alleged actual and perceived bias.