"In my administration, we will make it clear there is the controlling legal authority of conscience".
"I submit that literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity.
By holding detainees indefinitely, without counsel, without charges of wrongdoing, and under circumstances that could, in legal parlance, "shock the conscience" of a court, the Administration has jeopardized its chances of convicting hundreds of suspected terrorists, or even of using them as witnesses in almost any court in the world.
Our political system and our legal system, our national conscience and our moral authority are at stake.
But without the strong and committed support of all aspects of society -- including the legal profession, society's conscience and guide -- this priceless chance to guarantee the future of children will be lost.
I came to the attention of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in August 2012, when – along with 26 other Catholic theologians, priests and public figures – I signed a letter to the Times, saying Catholics could in good conscience support the legal extension of civil marriage to same-sex couples.
There have always been times during the slow advance of civilization when the righteous have been obliged to follow the dictates of conscience rather than legal precedent.
LiMandri, who works with the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, a legal group that describes its mission as "defending religious freedom," added that "hundreds" of people have, in fact, been "helped by my clients over the years".
