Author: Michael S. Rosenwald The Washington Post
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Catholics on the court: The historical struggle between canon and constitutional law
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In late 1972, while drafting the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion, Justice Harry Blackmun asked fellow Justice William Brennan to review a section in the opinion concerning the Roman Catholic Church. “Your judgment as to this will be most helpful,” Blackmun…