During the hearings preceding the confirmation of John Roberts as chief justice of the United States Senator Charles Schumer asked ldquo What kind of justice will John Roberts be rdquo Roberts himself suggested that he wanted to be known as a modest judge a judge who respected precedent and ap

In December 1960, shortly after a Catholic Democrat had been elected president of the United States, Time magazine devoted a lengthy cover story to the topic “U.S. Catholics and the State.” The story focused on the work of John Courtney Murray, S.J., and his then-recently published book,