Catholic Church Fueling Protests

What a shock. And we are packing the Supreme Court with Catholics. From the Washington Times:

The Catholic Church has played a key role in opposing legislation to restrict immigration and rallying protesters. "As we've been able to reach more and more people, they're waking up to the ills of the proposals made to date and seeing the need to be vocal about the kinds of reforms that would be more acceptable," said Mark D. Franken, executive director of migration and refugee services for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The bishops conference in May began "Justice for Immigrants," a campaign focused on activating a network of grass-roots movements against punitive immigration-reform legislation.

Mr. Franken said all the nation's 197 Catholic dioceses are in some way backing the campaign, with more than 70 being particularly active. Disseminating pamphlets and networking, community-level groups tied to the campaign are operating "in churches and everywhere they can gain access," he said. Protest organizers also credit popular disc jockeys on Spanish-language radio stations for helping turnout, particularly in Los Angeles and Chicago.

My question is, are we a nation ruled by law or the crowd.