Franken and Feinstein's Religious Tests for Judges

Feinstein tried to defend her controversial statements that attacked one of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees because of her religious faith, thus, running contrary to constitutionality, saying that she attended Catholic schools for four years when growing up.

“I think Catholicism is a great religion,” Feinstein said, “I have great respect for it. I’ve known many of the archbishops that have been in my community.”

Feinstein said she has spoken with the archbishops for decades and said she has “tried to be helpful to the church.” She said Barrett, a Notre Dame law school professor, doesn’t have any court experience and doesn’t have a record.

“She’s a professor, which is fine, but all we have to look at are her writings, and in her writings, she makes some statements, which are questionable,” the California Democrat said.

Feinstein couldn’t recall the direct quote that worried her from Barrett, but paraphrased Barrett in saying that “a Catholic judge cannot be independent.”

Feinstein’s statement about lack of judicial experience is also contrary to the U.S. Constitution.  The Constitution does not state that a judge has to have judicial experience, and in reality, during the debates over the U.S. Constitution, it was considered to not allow lawyers and judges to be Supreme Court or inferior Federal Court judges.  The Founding Fathers feared a judicial oligarchy, which is also why it was originally intended to be the weakest of the three branches of government.

The Daily Signal reports: Travis Weber, director of the Center for Religious Liberty at the Family Research Council, said that  “Sen. Feinstein should apologize for singling out Amy Barrett because of her religious beliefs,” Weber said. “Feinstein’s continued defense of her line of questioning does not hold water. The article co-authored by Amy Barrett that Feinstein claims to have concerns about expressly takes the position that a Catholic should recuse themselves when their religious beliefs conflict with the law.”

“More than one out of every five Americans is Catholic, and that includes a growing Latino population,” said Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director of the Judicial Crisis Network. “A nominee’s faith should have nothing to do with his or her qualifications to be a federal judge. Period.”

The liberal left has shown their hate for all opposition, and especially for anyone associated with Donald J. Trump, Christianity, or conservatism. Therefore, they are applauding the Democrat Party’s attempt to literally silence and eliminate any and all opposition to the Democrat Party’s agenda.  To be honest, the Democrats make for fantastic Marxists.