Posted on 09/22/2020 6:59:30 AM PDT by Aquamarine
Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a Catholic mother of seven, is on President Donald Trump’s shortlist for a Supreme Court nominee, as the president makes plans to replace on the court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died Friday evening.
Barrett was appointed a judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017. In her confirmation hearing, the judge faced hostile questions about her Catholic faith, prompting outrage and frustration among some Catholic leaders.
The nominee appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Sept. 6, 2017.
Questions from some Democratic senators focused on how Barrett’s Catholic faith might influence her decisions in cases involving abortion and same-sex marriage.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), ranking member of the committee, told Barrett directly that her Catholic beliefs were concerning, as they might influence her judicial decisions on abortion.
“Why is it that so many of us on this side have this very uncomfortable feeling that dogma and law are two different things, and I think whatever a religion is, it has its own dogma. The law is totally different,” Feinstein said.
“And I think in your case, professor, when you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you. And that’s of concern.”
Before making that point, Feinstein praised Barrett personally, saying the nominee was “amazing to have seven children and do what you do.”
The senator pivoted quickly, however, to characterizing Barrett as a “controversial” nominee, “because you have a long history of believing that your religious beliefs should prevail” over the law.
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We already know the left treats true practicing Catholics as criminals, and fake ones (pelosi, biden) as gods.
She should have responded by saying, Well Senator, last time I read the Constitution abortion or same sex marriage were not mentioned in it. Must be one of those issues that the states control.
I see her and I see another John Roberts, and I don’t want another John Roberts.
Barrett’s going to get in. And when she does, I hope she releases the Kraken!!
Amen.....betrayal is one of the ways the left approves its candidates.
Feinstein. Jewish. The Jews are most dems and believe in abortion.
Jewish law does not consider the fetus to be a being with a soul until it is born. It does not have personhood.
0.14 percent (101 abortions) were sought “due to rape.”
Meanwhile, 0.01 percent (eight abortions) of the total number were sought “due to incest,”
“A life endangering physical condition” was cited as a reason for 0.28 percent (194) of the abortions, while “physical health of the mother that is not life endangering” was provided as a reason for 1,034 abortions, or 1.5 percent of the total number.
https://www.jta.org/2019/05/22/opinion/what-jewish-law-really-says-about-abortion
Our law’s are based on religious beliefs.
So, democrats think judges can’t be religious? Seems like they would love a court that in anti religious so they can discriminate and get rid of our first and most important amendment.
The time for tolerating and appeasing the liberal bigots is over.
We need to crush them at the ballot box and remove them from office.
What about the dogma that lives within the self-righteous leftists who believe in lunacy that is not even allowed to be discussed let alone questioned. Our Governor Dimsley here in Washington has said that he won’t even discuss his contention that forrest fires here have been caused by global warming and not mismanagement along with arsonists and completely normal drying of trees and underbrush after a wet spring. And how about race relations... is it possible to have a rational discussion about the real causes of “inequality”. Why do immigrants from India, ethnic jews, and people from most asian cultures outperform your garden variety white person? Did they have Indian, Jewish, and Asian privelidge? Yet we cannot question the reasons the left gives for racial disparities without being labled racists.
Feinstein, the senator with the Chinese Spy as a driver?
Not a fan of Sen. Feinstein, her opinion just coincides with what I see, rightly or wrongly. I hope POTUS picks someone smart and with a reputation for not legislating from the bench.
We all know the answer to that one.
Amy Coney Barrett HAS ALREADY HAD HER SENATE HEARING!!!
So, Mitch can simply put her up for a vote AND AVOID THE DEM CIRCUS!!!!!
the Talmud discusses ensoulment - and says that the question of when it occurs is unanswerable. so i don’t think you can generalize about Jewish thought.
I don’t think we need a judge in the mold of Bush the globalist overreacher. We need a judge in the mold of Donald J. Trump and I see Barrett as being in the mold of Bush’s picks.
Same thing with JFK; people thought that the pope would influence him.
"Having completed further, in depth interviews with the 5 jurists most qualified to be elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court, I'm looking forward to endorsements from Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden as I put forth the nomination of fellow Catholic, Amy Coney Barrett!"
That is a fair point.
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