The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops filed an argument in opposition to President Donald Trump's order against birthright citizenship, calling it "immoral."The U.S. Supreme Court has taken up an appeal from the Trump administration of a lower court ruling siding with a class-action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union.'It is a question of whether the law will affirm or deny the equal worth of those born within our common community — whether the law will protect the human dignity of all God’s children.'The bishops filed an amicus brief with the court to argue that shutting down birthright citizenship violated the "God-given human dignity" of children of migrants wanting to come to the U.S."Children do nothing wrong by being born in the United States," the bishops wrote in the brief. "Yet, this executive order renders them stateless. Depriving an innocent child of his citizenship based upon his parents’ immigration status would be an especially outrageous punishment — one that this court has rejected as punishment even for people who have been proven guilty."Opponents of birthright citizenship say the policy depends on a misreading of the 14th Amendment, which goes back to the Civil War era, and argue that ending it would eliminate much of the motivation for illegal immigration.The bishops addressed this argument in their brief."At its core, this case is not solely a question about citizenship status or the Fourteenth Amendment," they wrote. "It is a question of whether the law will affirm or deny the equal worth of those born within our common community — whether the law will protect the human dignity of all God’s children."They went on to appeal to the court by citing a biblical parable."Migrants often flee war and persecution seeking a better life for their families," they added. "It is critical that we treat our suffering neighbors not with indifference, apathy, or bias, but instead with the same type of mercy as depicted in the story of the Good Samaritan, whose love transcended the most strident ethnic division of that day."Some online noted that the counsel of record listed for the brief is Matthew Martens, a Baptist who says he voted for former President Joe Biden.RELATED: Ocasio-Cortez says more immigrants are needed to keep social services afloat Despite an invite from Vice President JD Vance to the pope for the 250th U.S. celebration, the Vatican said Pope Leo would not be visiting the U.S. this year.Six of the nine justices on the Supreme Court are Catholic.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Olympic figure skater and gold medalist Alysa Liu has made Americans across the country proud — but BlazeTV host Allie Beth Stuckey believes there is one thing that needs to be discussed when it comes to Liu’s past.Alysa’s father, Arthur Liu, fled China as a political refugee and landed in California where he attended law school.“Now he is the only biological parent that Alysa knows because Alysa was born by surrogacy. He used IVF with anonymous egg donors. This has all been reported publicly,” Stuckey explains.“And then there’s also something interesting about how Arthur chose the women who were going to be the egg sellers for all of his children. So he specifically chose white women as these egg sellers. I don’t say egg donors because these women are making money from selling their eggs for all of his children,” she continues.Liu did this because he believed it would give them a “diverse gene pool and reflect his own blend of Chinese and American cultures.”“That should just kind of make your skin crawl a little bit that you’re creating these designer babies as if out of a catalog. I mean that’s really objectifying these little people,” Stuckey says.“Arthur has said he doesn’t know the identities of the egg donors or the egg sellers. There are no records available to reveal them, which just again points to something that we need to understand when it comes to egg selling is that we are purposely cutting children off from half of their biological reality,” she explains.“You don’t get to know the fullness of your medical history. You don’t get to know the fullness of your ethnicity. You don’t get to know the fullness of your origin or your family’s origin. And I think it’s just an innate longing in all of us to know whom we are and from where we come,” she continues.And Liu’s daughter’s path to the Olympics was no accident either.In an interview with Liu on “60 Minutes,” he explains that he took Liu to Japan as a child to learn from the top coaches there — spending “half a million to a million dollars.”“That could probably be said by a lot of these Olympic parents. They invest a lot of time and energy and money into their kids. And I’m not condemning him,” Stuckey says.“It’s just another opportunity for us to be reminded that yes, while everyone, no matter the circumstances surrounding their conception or surrounding their gestation or birth, are made in God’s image, we are glad Alysa is here, we are glad her siblings are here. It looks like they had a decent upbringing, I hope so,” she continues, though she points out that despite this, no one has a right to a child.“Children are people. They’re image bearers of God. They’re not something that we are entitled to be able to create by any means necessary,” she adds.Want more from Allie Beth Stuckey?To enjoy more of Allie’s upbeat and in-depth coverage of culture, news, and theology from a Christian, conservative perspective, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Former President Bill Clinton stated during his Friday deposition that President Donald Trump never gave him any indication he was involved with convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, according to House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.).The committee deposed his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the day prior. During her testimony, she seemed to throw Bill Clinton under the bus by deferring most of their questions to her husband, lawmakers reported.'I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong.'Epstein reportedly visited the White House 17 times during the Clinton administration. Flight logs revealed that Bill Clinton took 26 flights on Epstein's plane, including international trips to Bangkok, Rwanda, Russia, and China. Clinton's last known documented trip on Epstein's plane was in November 2003.Ahead of Friday's hearing, Clinton shared his opening statement to the public."As someone who grew up in a home with domestic abuse, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing — I would have turned him in myself and led the call for justice for his crimes, not sweetheart deals," he wrote.Clinton advocated justice and healing for the "girls and women whose lives Jeffrey Epstein destroyed."RELATED: ‘Ask my husband’: Hillary Clinton throws Bill under the bus during Epstein deposition, reports indicate Photo by the US Justice Department / Handout /Anadolu via Getty ImagesHe framed his relationship with Epstein as a "brief" acquaintanceship that "ended years before his crimes came to light." He claimed he "never witnessed during our limited interactions any indication of what was truly going on," insisting that he "had no idea of the crimes Epstein was committing.""I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong," Clinton wrote. The former president warned in his opening statement that he would often answer lawmakers' questions with, "I don't recall.""That might be unsatisfying. But I'm not going to say something I'm not sure of. This was all a long time ago," he stated.Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) responded to Clinton's opening statement in a post on X, writing, "We've added a new question for former President Bill Clinton to the top of the list: Do you suffer from dementia or memory loss?"Clinton was impeached by the House in 1998 for perjury and obstruction of justice. In a 2001 statement, Clinton confessed to providing false testimony under oath and acknowledged violating a judge's discovery orders. He conceded that he had "tried to walk a fine line between acting lawfully and testifying falsely," admitting that some of his responses "were false."RELATED: Hillary Clinton’s Epstein deposition goes off the rails after leaked photo triggers meltdown Photo by the US Justice Department / Handout /Anadolu via Getty ImagesDuring a break in Clinton's Friday deposition, Chairman Comer addressed reporters to share a comment the former president made. Comer explained that Clinton stated President Donald Trump "has never said anything to me to make me think he was involved" with Epstein."I know there's a lot of curiosity about President Trump. I thought that was an interesting thing that President Clinton said," Comer stated.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Jesse Grant/WireImage for Yari Film Group/Getty“Rowdy” Roddy Piper, pictured in 2007. Superstar wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper died suddenly and unexpectedly on July 31, 2015, in his sleep at the age of 61. Given his relatively young age, fans and colleagues were heartbroken at his passing, and when the news broke at a professional wrestling convention in North Carolina, emcees held a 10-bell salute, then shared their memories of this singular performer. Roddy Piper’s larger-than-life personality defined his career, where he often played the part of the villain in the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) throughout the 1980s, opposite the likes of the legendary Hulk Hogan. In all, Piper was a wrestler for 45 years, but his high blood pressure would ultimately do him in. After years of suffering from hypertension, Roddy Piper’s death was caused by a blood clot that led to a heart attack. But years after his shocking demise, Piper’s legacy as the ultimate wrestling villain lives on. Roddy Piper’s Early Life And Wrestling Career Roddy Piper endured a difficult childhood that involved moving often. His troubled home life, including his relationship with his father, eventually led him to leave home and live on the streets at only 13. Piper began his career at 15 years old when he was living in a youth hostel. A priest told him that he could earn $25 if he competed in a professional wrestling match. The extra money appealed to the teen, so he jumped at the chance and earned his first wrestling name as “Roddy the Piper” because of the bagpipes he decided to use as a gimmick in his act. As reported by Pro Wrestling Stories, the bagpipes were an important part of Piper’s life. “I picked up the bagpipes somehow,” Piper said. “Those bagpipes have been my entire life. It was my way of escaping when I didn’t have any place to go.” Incorporating them into his persona was an easy thing to do, and his name even lent itself to this gimmick. In addition to the bagpipes, Piper used wrestling and boxing as ways to get out his pent-up anger and aggression. These stress-relieving techniques soon helped him into a new career. His first match was against Larry “The Axe” Hennig, who towered over the 15-year-old at 6’5″ and 320 pounds. Piper lost in spectacular fashion in just 10 seconds, which was the shortest match ever at the Winnipeg Arena. Rowdy Piper’s Big Break And Rise to Stardom Piper first came to wrestling prominence in a 45-minute beating at the urging of wrestler Leo Garibaldi. Piper fought Java Ruuk, but upon Garibaldi’s advice, didn’t touch him and let Ruuk wail on him for 45 minutes. He then started managing Ruuk the next week. During the 1970s, Piper worked for NWA Hollywood Wrestling and the American Wrestling Association (AWA). “Judo” Gene LeBell tutored the young wrestler and helped form him into the star he would become. At this point, he began to feed into the villain persona that would follow him for most of his career. His first impressions were not positive ones, but they gave him some attention. Piper insulted Mexican fans by saying he would play their National Anthem on the bagpipes but then launched into a rendition of “La Cucaracha” instead. Riots ensued following the insult. How He Forged His Greatest Legacy As A Wrestling Villain Getty ImagesRoddy Piper, in a publicity image for John Carpenter’s cult classic 1987 sci-fi thriller They Live. The 1980s brought about Roddy Piper’s true rise to fame when he joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now the WWE) in 1984. He helped bring the franchise into the limelight. Piper didn’t wrestle initially due to an injury he suffered after Starrcade ’83 in a dog collar match against Greg Valentine. The match, which was Piper’s idea, involved the two men, each wearing collars connected by a chain. They then beat each other with this chain and it ended in Piper winning the match. While the match was one of the most famous of his career, Piper suffered some brutal injuries, including losing most of his hearing in his left ear. Roddy Piper eventually hosted the WWE interview segment “Piper’s Pit” in a format where his interviews often became combative, due to his wit and ability to think quickly on his feet. More than one interviewee got mad and acted out against the charismatic host. Piper often manipulated them with a barrage of questions until they got fed up with the whole thing. There was one interview where he broke a coconut over Jimmy “Super Fly” Snuka’s head and another interview where Andre the Giant himself flung Piper through the air. When 1985 came around, WrestleMania was introduced after Piper’s famous matches with Hogan. It built upon the feud that sprang up between the two, and it became an annual event. Piper last competed — and won — against Adrian Adonis in WrestleMania III before a brief retirement. Not only did Piper win with a sleeper hold, he even shaved his opponent’s head afterwards. Like many other famous wrestlers, Piper then tried his hand at acting, most notably in John Carpenter’s 1987 film They Live. The legendary line, “I have come to chew bubble gum, and kick ass, and I’m all out of bubble gum,” was actually an original ad lib by Piper in that sci-fi classic. Piper returned to wrestling in 1992, and in 2005 was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Ric Flair, who called him, “the most gifted entertainer in the history of professional wrestling.” How Did ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper Die? While heart attacks are not an uncommon way to go, the fact that Roddy Piper was only 61 was truly shocking for fans. After years of high blood pressure, it finally caught up with him in the form of a blood clot in one of his lungs, which triggered the heart attack that took Piper’s life. High blood pressure wasn’t Roddy Piper’s only health struggle. In 2006 he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, but beat cancer and was cancer-free at the time of his death. Beating cancer was far from Piper’s only adventure, though. He once told The Oregonian: “I’ve been around the world seven times. I’ve been stabbed three times, been down in an airplane and once dated the Bearded Lady. I’ve had Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy as a tag-team partner. I’ve been in 30 car crashes, none of ’em my fault, I swear … OK, they were probably all my fault.” Piper also eerily predicted that he wouldn’t make it to age 65, in a 2003 HBO special, according to the New York Daily News. He was, tragically, proven correct on July 31, 2015. Piper suffered his fatal heart attack days after leaving longtime friend Hulk Hogan a voicemail, in which he told him that he was “just walking with Jesus.” Hogan later said of Piper’s passing, “I will forever miss him. He was my best friend. He is a legend. “God’s gain is our loss. May his family in this time of need, find peace.” If you enjoyed reading about Roddy Piper, read about Abraham Lincoln’s wrestling career. Then, about serial killer and pro wrestler Juana Barraza. The post Inside The Tragic Death Of ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper, The Greatest Villain In Wrestling History appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Getty ImagesPhilip Chism was just 14 when he brutalized and murdered his math teacher Colleen Ritzer. On October 22, 2013, a ninth grader at Danvers High School in Massachusetts named Philip Chism did the unthinkable. At just 14, he brutalized his 24-year-old math teacher, Colleen Ritzer. The reportedly joyful Ritzer was known to go out of her way to help her students with math and had asked Chism to stay after school that fateful day in October. She did not know the plot Chism had put into motion days before. At the end of the school day, Philip Chism followed Ritzer into a school toilet. Wielding a box cutter, Chism robbed, raped, and killed her, then rolled her body in a garbage can to the woods behind the school. Chism then took himself into town and bought a movie ticket using Ritzer’s credit card. When police caught him the following morning, Philip Chism had not washed his hands — and was still covered in Ritzer’s blood. Who Was Philip Chism? Philip Chism was born on January 21, 1999. In the fall of 2013, Chism had recently moved from Tennessee to Danvers, Massachusetts, where he wasn’t that well known at the school apart from being a good soccer player. One report did refer to him as “anti-social” and “really tired and out of it.” It was also reported that his mother was going through a difficult divorce at the time of his crime. ABC NewsColleen Ritzer was 24 when she was murdered. She is remembered by faculty and family as a caring teacher. Colleen Ritzer, meanwhile, was a beloved member of the faculty. According to one struggling student, she was always positive and happy. “She made me feel like I wanted to go to math class,” they told the The New York Times . And Philip Chism was no exception to her. A student overheard Ritzer complimenting Chism on his drawing skills at the end of class and then requested that he stay after school so she could help him prepare for an upcoming test. Chism then reportedly grew visibly upset at Ritzer when she mentioned his move from Tennessee. Ritzer consequently changed the subject, but the student witness later observed Chism apparently talking to himself. Hours later, Philip Chism did the unthinkable. The Brutal Murder Of Colleen Ritzer Danvers HS Surveillance VideoFootage of Philip Chism from the school’s CCTV camera on the day he killed Ritzer. On the morning of Oct. 22, 2013, the Danvers High School’s newly-installed security camera system showed 14-year-old Philip Chism arriving at school with several bags, which he placed into his locker. Contained within his bags were a box cutter, mask, gloves, and a change of clothing. The school security footage showed Ritzer exiting the classroom toward the second-floor women’s bathroom at around 2:54 p.m. Chism can then be seen walking into the hallway looking her way, then ducking back into the classroom and reemerging with his hood over his head. Trailing Ritzer, Chism pulled on gloves as he entered the same bathroom. Chism proceeded to rob Ritzer of her credit cards, iPhone, and her underwear, before raping and stabbing her 16 times in the neck with the box cutter. A female student entered the bathroom at one point, but glimpsing someone partially unclothed with a pile of garments on the floor, she quickly left thinking they were getting changed. Philip Chism appeared in several different outfits throughout the crime, which police later said showed how he’d planned the murder in advance. At 3:07 p.m., Chism left the bathroom with a hood over his head and walked outside to the parking lot. When he came back in two minutes later, he was wearing a new white T-shirt. Chism then went back to the classroom in a different red hooded sweatshirt over his head, then returned to the bathroom at 3:16 p.m. pulling a recycling bin. He reemerged in the white T-shirt and a black mask, pulling the bin with Ritzer’s body toward an elevator and then outside of the school. He dragged the bin all the way to a wooded area behind the school, where he raped Ritzer’s again, but with a tree branch. Cameras then picked Philip Chism up coming back into the school, wearing a black shirt and glasses and carrying a pair of bloody jeans, completing his macabre fashion show. Philip Chism Faces Justice For Colleen Ritzer’s Murder Danvers Police/Public DomainPhilip Chism pulls Colleen Ritzer’s body outside Danvers High School. When neither Philip Chism nor Colleen Ritzer were seen after school, they were both reported missing. After speaking with students and staff at the school, police found blood in the bathroom, Ritzer’s bag, the bloody recycling bin, and Ritzer’s clothing near the cross-country path the woods behind the school. By 11:45 p.m., the CCTV footage was acquired and scoured — and Chism became a suspect. Meanwhile, Chism used Ritzer’s credit card to buy a movie ticket, then left the theater to steal a knife from another store. He was walking along a darkened highway outside Danvers when he was stopped by police on a routine safety call at 12:30 a.m. A frisk search of Chism for identification turned up Ritzer’s credit card and driver’s license. Chism was taken to the local station where his backpack was searched and Ritzer’s purse and underwear were found, alongside the box cutter covered with dried blood. According to court documents, when Philip Chism was asked whose blood it was, he said, “It’s the girl’s.” When asked if he knew where she was, he chillingly replied, “She’s buried in the woods.” At 3 a.m., police discovered the gruesome sight of Ritzer’s half naked body covered with leaves near a pair of stained white gloves. A branch had to be pulled from her vagina, and a folded handwritten note lay nearby worded, “I hate you all.” Philip Chism was indicted for the murder, aggravated rape, and armed robbery of Colleen Ritzer. He was tried as an adult, and on Feb. 26, 2016, he was sentenced to serve at least 40 years in prison. After learning the disturbing story of Philip Chism, read about how Maddie Clifton was brutally murdered by her 14-year-old neighbor. Then, learn the chilling case of Daniel LaPlante, the teenager who lived in his victim’s walls. The post The Disturbing Case Of Philip Chism, The High School Freshman Who Murdered His Teacher In The School Bathroom appeared first on All That's Interesting.

Courtesy of Düsseldorf PolicePolice in Düsseldorf, Germany, recovered a 20th-century surrealist painting from an airport dumpster. In what is probably the best case of lost and found, German authorities successfully tracked down and recovered a missing $340,000 surrealist painting from an airport’s recycling dumpster. According to German news outlet Deutsche Welle, the valuable artwork nearly ended up in a garbage facility after an unidentified businessman traveling internationally from Düsseldorf had forgotten to take the painting on board his flight with him. The painting was an authentic untitled piece by 20th-century French surrealist Yves Tanguy. A self-taught artist, Tanguy was known for his surreal landscapes such as Le Ruban des excès and The Ribbon of Excess (1932). Before becoming a master painter, Tanguay served in the French military and worked odd jobs. He secured his first solo show in 1927 at the Galerie Surréaliste in Paris. A year later, his work was being compared to the likes of other revered painters like André Masson, Pablo Picasso, and Salvador Dalí. Courtesy of Police DüsseldorfThe $340,000 painting had been trashed after it was left at the airport’s check-in counter. The owner of the Tanguy painting had planned on taking the valuable painting on his flight from Düsseldorf to Tel Aviv, Israel. The art piece, which measures 16 by 24 inches and is valued at 280,000 euros, was packaged inside a thin cardboard box to protect it during the flight. But the owner accidentally left the boxed painting at the check-in counter, presumably as he was handling his documents to board his flight. When he realized that he had forgotten the art piece, it was too late. The man quickly contacted German authorities upon his arrival in Israel, but they could not locate the painting. His luck turned after his nephew boarded a flight from Belgium to Düsseldorf, where he got in touch with police at a precinct near the airport regarding his uncle’s lost painting. The case was picked up by inspector Michael Dietz, who contacted the cleaning company that worked with the airport. Investigators, together with the facility manager, searched through the piles of garbage dumped inside the paper recycling dumpsters used by the airport cleaning crew. After rummaging through the piles of recycled waste, low and behold, they found the missing painting. “This was definitely one of our happiest stories this year,” said police spokesman Andre Hartwig. “It was real detective work.” The owner was able to pick up the lost painting from the police a few weeks after its recovery. The painting was an untitled authentic piece by French artist Yves Tanguy. While the painting’s owner in this case can breathe a sigh of relief, other missing painting cases have not had as much luck and could not be recovered. A slew of missing painting cases has cropped up across Europe in recent years. These include a handful of robberies that took place at museums and other art institutions during the COVID-19 lockdown, which have stumped investigators, and altogether sealed the fate of the stolen masterpieces forever. The first paintings that were reported missing in 2020 were 16th-century masterpieces stolen from the Christ Church Picture Gallery at the University of Oxford in March. The paintings are worth a combined total of $12 million. Another art heist occurred a week later when a Van Gogh painting was stolen from the Singer Laren museum in the Netherlands. The art thieves had broken through the closed museum’s glass door and made away with Van Gogh’s famed landscape piece The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring. Luckily for the owner of this Tanguy painting, however, his lost piece was easily recovered. Next, read how a Rembrandt that was believed to be “fake” might actually be the real deal. Then meet Artemisia Gentileschi, the female artist who used her work to exact revenge on her rapist. The post German Police Rescue $340,000 Painting From A Dumpster After It Was Mistakenly Left At An Airport appeared first on All That's Interesting.

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