Who do you mean has the right to do so? The alumni, or the school?

If you speak of the alumni, then no. Of course not. What have they done? They graduated from the school, they do not run the school. Although they may donate money to Notre Dame, they are not in charge, and them trying to sway the actions of the school simply because they have donated money to it, and I know this happens all the time, is bad. They have little say in the matter. They do not attend the school anymore.

However;

If you meant to ask if the administration of Notre Dame has the right to revoke the invitation, then of course they do. Obviously, someone, in some department, at some time thought that the invitation was a good idea, and people had to agree with him and allow the invitation to make it all the way to the President. This does not mean that the administration must follow through with the invitation, and if they wish to listen to their alumni, students, and supporters, who do contribute a lot of money and can make a very big difference on the future of the institution, it would be a good idea to revoke the invitation. But, it being the President, they probably won't because it would be a major PR problem and a very large number of people would look down upon Notre Dame.

Either way, it comes down to the opinion of the administration.

They are allowed to invite or uninvite anyone they like, it's a private school. They can invite Hitler's corpse if they want, they could cancel an invitation to Jesus Christ if they so choose.

It would be very dumb though, since the stance of your average Catholic on abortion is proportional to the stance of the general population on abortion, which is to say a few more are for it.

Catholics voted for Obama 53% to 46%.

Let me repeat that,

Catholics voted for Obama 53% to 46%

What you have here is a few hardcore pro-let-women-get-raped-and-make-them-have-the-bastard-child-of-one-of-their relatives-no-matter-what-even-if-they-die-during-labor, making a huge noise over a crowd of slightly pro-Obama people.

I watched nearly all the political debates prior to Obama's election. The most disturbing comment that I heard was when Obama was asked what his thoughts were on a botched abortion?? in other words the baby was still ALIVE!!! Obama stated that he would not want to interfere in the decision that the mother had already made. He would deny medical attention!

I guess murder in this case is ok!

This clearly reflects the lack of regard for human life. I'm stunned that we need to protect terrorists from waterboarding but not the life of the most innocent. I'm amazed that because there is a controversy as to when life begins individuals believe they are permitted to determine that. What if your wrong??? What if life does begin at conception? What if an individuals very spirit is present at that time?....God knows when life begins and individuals will be held accountable one day when they leave this existence for their decisions on abortion. The decision should have been made long before another life was involved!

Thank-you Notre Dame for standing up to your values!!! I believe Notre Dame should not be forced to have anyone speak at their commencement that does not represent their believes on such an important standard and value. I'm just waiting to see how Obama is going to change HIS views or try to smooth this issue over.

He is very good at talking in circles and avoiding straight talk.

They have every right to protest this. If their school invited a man who does not share their beliefs and they do not want him speaking at their school, why do the have to be quiet and not protest? He should only speak where he is wanted.