Links for 03/15/16 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: While organs are very Catholic, they are not very political because they are usually paid for with foudation, rather than tax dollars. While that does affect tax policy, I don't think anyone decides to not fund a civic organ because their tax benefits for doing so changes.
Bringing abortion into the Supreme Court fight helps the GOP fundraisers as much as Emily's list. The reality is that there are seven pro-Roe Justices - only Thomas is pro-life and even he disagreed with the Scalia/Federalist Society position on giving authority over abortion to the states. Thomas would declare (in a huge jump in judicial activism) that abortions cannot be performed because life begins at conception. Congress can say that, the Court cannot. The reality is, on most consequential issues, the Court is unanimously pro-business. Its an issue for Sanders to deal with (he would not appoint such judges) - everyone else will accept the standard pro-business judicial temperament.
Religious identity politics is alive and well. Believers in the prosperity gospel, both Protestant and Catholic, are going for Trump - and even if there were no religious angle - the Founding Fathers would not be happy about that.
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