Written by Joseph A. Morris
President Trump’s nomination of my former assistant at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Thomas A. Farr, to be a Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina is finally coming to the floor of the U.S. Senate this week. It’s in the queue and the U.S. Senate may get to it this week.
Tom is a learned, thoughtful, kindly, even-tempered man. He has been an extremely accomplished and successful lawyer in public and private practice.… Continue Reading
Tags: American Bar Association, Andrew Gillum, Chuck Schumer, Donald J. Trump, Eastern District of North Carolina, Edward Whelan, Ethics and Public Policy Center, George W. Bush, Joe Morris, Joseph A. Morris, Morris & De La Rosa, Stacey Abrams, Thomas A. Farr, United States District Court
Federal Issues | David E. Smith |
November 28, 2018 6:05 AM |
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This week’s Spotlight conversation between Monte Larrick and Mary Hallan FioRito took place at the annual Lake County Right to Life Banquet, which was held July 27th in Mundelein, Illinois.
Ms. FioRito received her Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1993. Upon conferral of her degree, she was chosen by the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin to serve as Director of Pro-life Activities for the Archdiocese of Chicago. She subsequently served the Archdiocese as its first female Vice-Chancellor and then as Executive Assistant to the late Francis Cardinal George, until his death in 2015.… Continue Reading
Tags: Archdiocese of Chicago, Brett Kavanaugh, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Francis Cardinal George, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, Lake County Right to Life, Mary Hallan Fiorito, NIFLA v. Becerra, Roe v. Wade
Faith & Religion, Sanctity of Life | David E. Smith |
August 14, 2018 4:00 AM |
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Written by Jon Ward
Donald Trump’s support from self-identified evangelical voters has sparked a debate among Christian leaders over what that term means, and a move to narrow the definition of this term or abandon it altogether.
The civil war within American Christianity that Trump’s candidacy has sparked is similar to the one going on inside the Republican Party, with a particularly large faction dead set against ever supporting Trump.
The split is between a subset of evangelicals best categorized as “creedal” believers — those who take their faith most seriously and who oppose Trump.… Continue Reading
Tags: creedal believers, David Kinnaman, Donald Trump, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Evangelicals, Franklin Graham, Gabe Lyons, John McCain, Keith Maupin, Kenneth Copeland, Mike Farris, Patrick Henry College, Paula White, Peter Wehner, Robert Jeffress, Russell Moore, Southern Baptist Convention
Faith & Religion, Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith |
March 16, 2016 4:00 AM |
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