Jonathan Heaps

"[T]he brief does not urge the Court to decide the case on the basis of Catholic doctrine. It urges the Court to apply the Constitution in light of its text, history, and precedent, and to recognize how the executive order threatens to produce de facto statelessness for children born here, an outcome inconsistent with the Citizenship Clause as interpreted by the Court," he said. "References to Catholic teaching do not supply a rule of decision for the Court; they explain the Conference's reasons for participating and highlight the consonance between the American constitutional tradition and a broader moral understanding of the dignity of the child and the integrity of the family."

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61 years ago today at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Selma, Alabama.

Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.

Long past time.

Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol

Despite my best efforts, I forgot my workout clothes for this work trip (tho I remembered my shoes🤦‍♂️), so now I’m lifting weights in the hotel gym in an undershirt and baggie corduroys 😬

Came here to say this. Conservative Catholics made a devils bargain with an American right that is more or less guaranteed to betray them

I just watched a decommissioned ambulance pulling a rusted-out Dodge minivan on a trailer lock up its wheels and skid to a stop at a red light.

God, I miss Milwaukee

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I’m just saying you can imagine a world where someone calls themselves a ‘platonist’ and this is what people assume they mean.

We give Plato’s epistemic doctrines a lot of attention, but I feel like I don’t hear enough—really, almost any—discussion of his moral doctrine that it is never permissible to harm anyone.

Thank you! The able-ist vitriol that otherwise progressive folks feel license to hurl at the President is really extremely not okay. His moral turpitude does not excuse anyone else’s.

A characteristically excellent analysis from Quinta re: the legal side of how we got ourselves into this mess

Upcoming conference!
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I am a high school dropout

There *are* two processions, but it’s the opposed real relations themselves that are subsistent and there’s three of those

What time does neo-scholastic-sky usually log on?

There *are* two processions, but it’s the opposed real relations themselves that are subsistent and there’s three of those

God is one and three, but sure as shit not two

*nods Trinitarian-ly*

As Lonergan says, the pursuit of authenticity very often consists, at least at first, in a withdrawal from inauthenticity.

My moms dad, whose parents were a mess to the ground, managed to find a girl from a family with a highly functional alcoholic father in it, and actually this modest improvement tilted things in the right direction over the next two generations.

Dad’s side all took up T-totaling Baptist religion, which helped in that score

It’s a statistical miracle that only one person in each strata of my family tree after this generation developed active addiction as far as I know.

Great grandfathers, tho: drunk

Yes, all of them.

Mom’s side: California Youth Authority Officer
Dad’s side: coal miner, then gas station owner and operator

a man singing into a microphone next to another man with a gun ALT: a man singing into a microphone next to another man with a gun

If Back to the Future was set today, Marty would go back to 1996

Hi. Yes. A couple of follow-ups:

1. What boots
2. From where
3. How are they getting there
4. How long are they going to stay there
5. How on Earth are you going to resupply them
6. If you're only doing limited JSOC-style capture/kill missions, who are you targeting and for what reasons

Sounds like Israeli SOF may be operating inside Iraq (presumably setting up FARPs and the like for aircraft that en route to/from Iran or ground launched munitions)—and some of them may have gotten into a shootout with Iraqi forces

Students Explore Ukrainian History Through Global Classroom Exchange Seton Hall and Ukrainian Catholic University students explored Kyivan Rus and Ukrainian history through a Global Talk class exchange rooted in shared Catholic values.

Seton Hall and Ukrainian Catholic University students explored Kyivan Rus and Ukrainian history through a Global Talk class exchange rooted in shared Catholic values. https://setonhall.edu/4b9nhcv

gave the personal website an overdue sprucing up: jonathanheaps.com

Celebrating Women's History Month: Saint Elizabeth YouTube video by Seton Hall University

Nice short video featuring my friend (and boss) Patrick Manning talking about Mother Seton as a model of prayer and leadership in education: youtu.be/WH72J9biWO4