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from Anglican Journal
News & Media Website in Toronto, Ontario
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has heard the final appeal of a Christian mother of five who was sentenced to death for blasphemy—her crime was to drink from a water fountain used by Muslims. The conviction and sentence handed down to Asia Bibi has led to international condemnation of the country’s much-abused blasphemy laws. In 2016, members of the Anglican Consultative Council, meeting in Lusaka, said it “stands in solidarity and prayer with Asia Bibi” and asked that “her case be re-investigated and that she be honourably acquitted.” They also expressed their “solidarity and prayer with other victims” of Pakistan’s blasphemy law.
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from LifeZette (& PoliZette)
Media/News Company in Washington, D. C.CNN Analyst Unaware Supreme Court Doesn’t ‘Change’ Laws
CNN Supreme Court analyst and author Joan Biskupic (pictured above) thinks Supreme Court justices go about “changing the law of land,” which, in fact, is what popularly elected lawmakers do. But under the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Court doesn’t make the laws; it is supposed to interpret the laws Congress passes and review lower courts’ rulings based on current laws.
McConnell Says Dems Still Stoking Political Tensions After Kavanaugh
When a reporter asked him Wednesday how he’s trying to reduce partisan tensions in Congress, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blamed Democrats for the increased political bitterness generated during Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation. McConnell said Kavanaugh’s ill treatment by Senate Democrats is firing up Republican voters going into the November 6 midterm elections. But he also suspects both parties will see a very high turnout with all the political tensions.
MSNBC’s Mitchell Tries, Fails to Get Historian to Debunk Trump
When MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell (pictured above left) tried Wednesday to get historian Michael Beschloss to “fact-check” President Donald Trump’s claims on the Gettysburg Address as “fake news” on “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” he didn’t quite play along. Beschloss, author of the new book “Presidents at War,” replied, “Yes, [Lincoln] was criticized for the Gettysburg Address by newspapers that hated Lincoln and wanted to support his opponent the next year when he ran for re-election.”
Cuomo Insists Kavanaugh Didn’t Deserve ‘Presumption of Innocence’
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo insisted late Tuesday that “innocent until proven guilty” does not apply to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh because the sexual assault allegations against him were considered in the Senate, not a courtroom. “But the presumption of innocence is a valued, valued construct in a court of law. We were not in a court of law. This was a kangaroo court. This was politicians fighting over a position on the Supreme Court,” Cuomo said on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time.”
Melania Trump on the #MeToo Movement: ‘I Do Stand with Women, but We Need to Show the Evidence’
First lady Melania Trump shared her thoughts on the #MeToo movement in a prime-time TV interview, echoing the comments of her husband, President Donald Trump — and echoing the stance of anyone who understands the importance of due process. The first lady suggested that “a high enough bar has not always been applied to judging accusations of sexual misconduct,” as Newsweek reported. “You need to have really hard evidence — that if you accuse [someone] of something, show the evidence,” she said in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that will air Friday and was teased on that show Wednesday.
Six Cases Justice Kavanaugh Might Impact Quickly
Conservatives hope Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh will provide the deciding vote on a host of contentious legal issues — from affirmative action to abortion and religious freedom — where they often lost former Justice Anthony Kennedy, the fifth “swing vote.” While legal experts predict that Kavanaugh will have great influence in shaping the law in those and other areas, however, they contend it might take some time for his impact to be fully felt. The current term does not have many hot-button issues so far. “As it is, the term is kind of low-key for now,” said Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the libertarian Cato Institute.
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from Orthodox Christianity
Organization in Moscow, Russia
Ukrainian authorities have compiled a list of churches and monasteries they want to confiscate from the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church as part of the process of creating an autocephalous Church in Ukraine, Donetsk People’s Republic politician Pavel Gubarev wrote on his Vkontakte social media page on Tuesday.
The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Constantinople will hear the report of its two exarch bishops to Kiev at its session today, Evstraty Zorya, the speaker for the schismatic “Kiev Patriarchate,” has written on his personal Facebook page. It was previously reported that the exarchs were invited to the Synod’s meeting and that the Synod did not discuss the Ukraine issue at the first day of its meeting yesterday. The meeting continues today and tomorrow.
A decision on the admissibility or inadmissibility of the actions of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Ukraine can only be made by a pan-Orthodox Council, several hierarchs of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church believe. A new statement on the matter by Metropolitans Gabriel of Lovech, John of Varna, and Daniil of Vidin has been posted on the Bulgarian Patriarchate’s official site. However, it was recently reported that Constantinople has rejected the idea of convoking a council on the matter.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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