Vol. 34, No. 15

August 6, 2018

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Senator Had a Religious Test for One Supreme Court Candidate

“You have a long history of believing that your religious beliefs should prevail. The dogma lives loudly within you.”

During a previous confirmation hearing when Judge Amy Coney Barrett won acceptance as an appeals court judge, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) pointedly challenged the propriety of Judge Barrett because of her religious views. Senator Feinstein ignored the Constitution’s Article VI, which states, “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”

Senator Totally Opposed to Cancellation of Roe v. Wade

“A candidate for this important position who would overturn Roe v. Wade would not be acceptable to me because that would indicate an activist agenda that I don’t want to see a judge have.”

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