Posted on 04/01/2009 4:12:13 PM PDT by philly-d-kidder
South Bend, IN (LifeNews.com) -- Adding insult to injury, the University of Notre Dame announced today the appointment of a new law school dean who made donations to pro-abortion candidates, including President Barack Obama. The Catholic college is already under intense criticism for inviting Obama to give its commencement speech.
On Wednesday, Notre Dame officials announced that Nell Jessup Newton, most recently chancellor and dean of the Hastings College of the Law at the University of California, has been appointed as the new law school dean.
Rev. John Jenkins, the UND president who has come under fire for inviting Obama and bestowing upon him an honorary degree, made the decision to appoint Newton.
However, Fundrace 2008, a web site devoted to identifying donors to political candidates, indicates Newton gave Obama's presidential campaign $2,300 during the first quarter of 2007.
Newton also gave $500 to pro-abortion Catholic presidential candidate John Kerry during the first quarter of 2004 in his race against pro-life President George W. Bush.
The campaign finance web site also lists Newton as giving $1,000 in 2008 to Congressional candidate Jackie Speier, who was endorsed by Emily's List. That is the pro-abortion group that only backs candidates who support partial-birth abortions and paying for abortions with taxpayer funds.
In its announcement, Jenkins praises Newton but makes no mention of her donations to pro-abortion candidates in opposition to the pro-life teachings of the Catholic Church.
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Yeah some of the mercy Nuns around here have Gone Off the reservation and have Introduced REIKI and Yoga.. Each Position in Yoga represents a Hindu GOD... they don’t get it!
Not good.....and very sad where they are going.
Her specialty appears to be social justice for American Indians. I find a couple of books at Amazon that she authored or co-authored.
Also, all of them appear to be out of print, although that’s not necessarily unusual for scholarly books.
1. American Indian Law: Cases and Materials by Monroe E. Price, Robert N. Clinton, and Nell Jessup Newton (Hardcover - Oct 2003)
6 Used & new from $50.98
2. Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law by Nell Jessup Newton, Robert Anderson, and et al. (Hardcover - Jun 15, 2006)
3 Used & new from $260.01
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3. Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law. by Felix S., Nell Jessup Newton, Bob Anderson. Cohen (Paperback - 2006)
Currently unavailable
4. At the whim of the sovereign: Aboriginal title reconsidered (Hastings law journal) by Nell Jessup Newton (Unknown Binding - 1980)
Out of Print—Limited Availability
5. Indian claims in the courts of the conqueror by Nell Jessup Newton (Unknown Binding - 1992)
Out of Print—Limited Availability
Nice Investigation.. I knew I could count on you!! Thanks Social Justice... usually have an unhappy ending!
poor Little school needs to get its act together this Fr jenkins is an embarrasments to christians let alone catholicism!
All her books are out of print, there are no descriptions or reviews on Amazon, and I’m unable to find a review anywhere else. That seems a bit odd, although I may be looking in the wrong places.
What I would GUESS is that her field is Indian lawsuits to take back lands that were taken by the government in earlier times, and in particular the problem of bringing suit when the deadline for doing so expired long ago.
But we know that in fact there have been a great many such tribal lawsuits, some very successful, and some still pending.
I’m not sure what this has to do with a Catholic law school, especially given her pro-abortion views. She will predictably use her position as Dean to encourage the hiring of more people like herself, which would be a Very Bad Thing. The faculty get to interview and hire, but typically the dean gets to say, “Sorry, I don’t seem to have the money for that candidate this year.” Or else she can say, “I have some money here if you want to hire Russell Means or Ward Churchill. There’s a special donor who wants to bring them to Notre Dame.”
Anyone give any thought to the reality that this new Dean is a tremendously accomplished legal scholar and proven administrator who may do a great job at leading a top of the line law program. Do you have the names of pro-life candidates for the job who were equally qualified but not hired?
you’re Jokin’ right..April Fools Jokes on me ..okay!!
You caught me. I agree- you’re quite a joke. I agree with you that we should practice Affirmative Action for pro-lifers.
Notre Dame’s invitation to Obama: The beginning of an American Catholic Church schism?
By Kevin “Coach” Collins
As children in Catholic grade schools we were taught the word “schism.”
Schisms were explained as splits in the Catholic Church which were sad but necessary evolutions occurring because not all Catholics could be expected to remain loyal to Roman Catholic doctrine.
The major schism in Church history occurred about 1050 AD, and brought about the Eastern Orthodox Churches.
When Luther and Henry brought about their schisms the Catholic Church was disappointed, but survived and moved on.
Given the steady decline in the number of “Catholic” Catholic colleges in America and the growing hostility toward Catholic doctrine at so many “Catholic” schools the stage may be set for an American schism.
The original aims and purpose of a Catholic education have been so subverted at so many schools claiming to be Catholic, it’s hard to find at Catholic Catholic college.
This fact begs the question: Why should Catholics support schools whose focus is teaching Catholic doctrine is arcane backwards and even evil?
Simply put: We shouldn’t.
Notre Dame’s invitation to Barack Obama, the most pro death president in history, suggests a de facto schism may already be underway and this could be a good thing.
If “Catholic” schools like Notre Dame don’t want to live Catholicism let them go. Let’s have no more pretenses. Let’s have no more hand wringing alumni moaning as they write another check.
Phony “Catholic” schools are wasting Catholic donations that should instead go to supporting seminaries in countries where the Church is growing.
In our big cities Catholic grammar schools are closing every year because there are no Catholics left to support them. Why should these phony Catholic colleges be exempt from reality? They lick the boots of the secular world let the secular world support them.
If this is a schism so be it.
In more than five dozen schools calling themselves “Catholic colleges” there are active Gay and Lesbian clubs supported with institutional funds. Holding aside any judgment of homosexuals as fellow strugglers and seekers of the way to heaven, one has to ask if these same schools would willingly support a Swindlers Club or a Swingers Club. Each group would be promoting sinful conduct, but we know they never would allow these clubs on campus let alone support them.
As just another Catholic sitting in a pew, I’m sick of these phonies quislings attacking my Church. There is no rule saying the Catholic Church has to maintain schools. The Church wasn’t founded to insure the CYO and Bingo people have a place to meet or “liberation theology” has a home.
In a series of pacts with eventual destruction probably hundreds of millions of our dollars are going to support Catholic grammar schools populated by students who are not Catholics. These schools present a fraudulent picture of whether or not a local school is meeting its mission of teaching Catholic children. In some schools Muslim youngsters fill seats that would go unused if not for these shams. Lets close down more of these places and instead build centers for teaching Catholic doctrine at CCDs across the country.
There is a shortage of priests to work in parishes. Let’s abandon these un-Catholic Catholic colleges and grade schools to the secular world and reassign the priests in them to parish work and their real purpose – saving souls. Most of these men are content to work at schools because they have concluded they like being a priest but not doing the work of a Catholic priest.
In far too many cases these fraudulent “Catholic” schools have become obstacles to the only purpose of the Roman Catholic Church which is showing us the way to salvation. Anything which impedes our journey should be removed. I say: Catholic Catholic schools or no Catholic schools.
Thanks very much... That was insightful!!
Keep Smiling!!
You are equating that no one could be as Good as a Pro Choice candidate.. Please.. This is a catholic school You can Follow the Dogma and be an Excellent Dean of law!
I guess you are like Obama who Gives you NO CHOICE as a Catholic Doctor Nurse nurse Practicioner, Technician Pharmacist or a catholic Pharmacy you Must Break your beliefs or Lose your license.. You are a Trumpeter of the Culture of death so sorry!
I soooo agree, Very insightful, my kid attends one of those “Phony” catholic schools. The liberal “mercy” nun has the kids “praying” with an african rainmaker! The Liberal administrators KowTow to the elitists parents in the school.
This is meant to be an AD-HOC action list to (selectively) report and urge specific actions to stop Obama and win the Battle of Notre Dame. This is not just for Catholics. It's for anybody who wants to "put down the mighty from their thrones" (baby-killers in high places) and to "lift up the humble" (tiny infants and their valiant defenders).
Notre Dame President Father Jenkins is a member of the Congregation of the Holy Cross order of priests (CSC). . He's under the direct canonical authority of the CSC Superior General, Fr. Hugh Cleary.
Urge Fr. Cleary to state up front that it is contrary to the CSC's values to give platforms and honors to people who violate fundamental moral norms, and that therefore Barack Obama is ineligible for honors at Notre Dame:
Very Rev. Hugh W. Cleary, C.S.C.
Superior General
Congregation of Holy Cross
Via Framura, 85
00168 Rome, Italy
Or e-mail him: contact@holycrosscongregation.org
If these men don't see the light, they have to at least feel the heat.
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The law school was supposed to be one of the conservative departments.
Why? Is Jenkins trying to destroy the once great Catholic University or is he trying to poke the eye of the Church Hierarchy. I just don’t get it.
I continue to be shocked....
So many Christians of all denominations do not value the life of the unborn.
When I saw my grandaughter being born last year, I will never forget the miracle and the joy.
Leni
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