Some final thoughts on BC and the Cardinal Newman Society, from Elizabeth Brown

Comments from Elizabeth (via Tom):

I will make this brief as I think that this issue has been almost exhausted on MoJ.  I am very glad to see that Greg agrees that the additional information, which I posted to MoJ, is relevant and helpful with regard to both the issue of whether the BC professors should have objected (publicly or privately) to the past speakers and award recipients cited on MoJ and the issue of whether the BC professors are actling consistently when they invoke Catholic Social Teachings to object to Secretary Rice. 

I agree that, if one did a thorough search of the Cardinal Newman Society website, one could find references to the fact that Breyer, Drinan, Dellinger, and Cellucci were given awards or spoke at BC Law School.  Nevertheless, the Cardinal Newman Society is not always so accurate.   For example, the Culture of Death report, which I previously cited, does contain errors and omissions.  The report only mentions Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot as being the Chair of the MacArthur Foundation and does not mention her service for ten years as a member of the Board of the MacArthur Foundation.  It does not indicate that Stephen Breyer was the Law School's commencement speaker, not the University's, and it does not indicate that Justice Breyer received an award from the Law School, as I indicated in my post.  The report does not discuss the objections raised against Paul Cellucci by Cardinal Law, among others, for his support of the death penalty.  The Culture of Death report is available here.