{"id":3996,"date":"2005-08-05T14:47:31","date_gmt":"2005-08-05T18:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/08\/05\/just-worried-about-getting-to"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:31","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:31","slug":"just-worried-about-getting-to-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/08\/05\/just-worried-about-getting-to-the-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"just “worried” about getting to the truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Pointing to yesterday’s post on <\/FONT>Role Differentiation<\/FONT><\/A>, Prof. <\/FONT>Bainbridge tells his readers <\/FONT><\/A>today <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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that I am “still worried John Roberts might be a serious Catholic.”  Steve has misunderstood my <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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reasons for discussing what it means for a judge to be a Serious Catholic.  I added this update <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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on Aug. 3rd, to my <\/FONT>first reply<\/FONT><\/A> to Prof. B, and it is also relevant here:  <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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update: <\/EM><\/STRONG> <\/FONT><\/FONT>Paul at Power Line<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A> is concerned that people such as your Editor  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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are suggesting a Loyalty-to-the Constitution Test.   I can’t speak for others, <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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but that was not my intent.   What I’m looking for is an honest discussion. I <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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broached this topic yesterday because so many supporters of John Roberts <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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have so strongly stated that there is nothing about Roberts’ Catholicism that <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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would require him to take stands based on his faith, as opposed to his legal <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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philosophy and analysis.  I think they’re wrong (and most know it).  <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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Prof. B. should not assume he knows whether I would be pleased to have a Justice Roberts <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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acting like a Serious Catholic on the Supreme Court.  Frankly, it depends on the issue.  I’ve<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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brought the topic to <\/FONT>this weblog<\/FONT><\/A> to fill a void in the debate.  I hope it will keep all sides honest.  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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p.s.<\/STRONG><\/EM>  By the way, Prof. Bainbridge is the only weblogger I’ve  “BainbridgePix”<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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discovered who <\/FONT>agrees<\/FONT><\/A> with me, as he said, that there will  <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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likely be cases where serious Catholic judges like John Roberts <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“would be religiously obligated <\/FONT>to put one’s faith-based beliefs <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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ahead of, say, one’s views of <\/FONT>precedent or socially accepted <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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moral norms.”  He’s also <\/FONT>noted<\/FONT><\/A> that “[I]t’s worth remembering <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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that Catholic judges are bound by both [judical ethics] <\/FONT>rules <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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and the dictates of their faith. The latter bars formal cooperation <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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with evil . .”<\/FONT>  <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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p.p.s <\/EM><\/STRONG>  Prof. B. has posted an interesting assessment of Judge <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Roberts and Catholicism by Texas lawyer Ron Anderson<\/FONT><\/A>.<\/FONT>  I <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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may not agree with it, but it is worth checking out. <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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since I’m old
the fleas aren’t worried
about escaping
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Kobayashi ISSA<\/FONT><\/A>,<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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translated by David G. Lanoue<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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Pointing to yesterday’s post on Role Differentiation, Prof. Bainbridge tells his readers today that I am “still worried John Roberts might be a serious Catholic.”  Steve has misunderstood my reasons for discussing what it means for a judge to be a Serious Catholic.  I added this update on Aug. 3rd, to my first reply to Prof. B, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-12s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13097,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3996\/revisions\/13097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}