One of President Trump’s judicial nominees became something of a hero to religious conservatives after she was grilled at a Senate hearingthis month over whether her Roman Catholic faith would influence her decisions on the bench.
The nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, a law professor up for an appeals court seat, had raised the issue herself in articles and speeches over the years. The Democratic senators on the Judiciary Committee zeroed in on her writings, and in the process prompted accusations that they were engaged in religious bigotry.
“The dogma lives loudly within you,” declared Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California, in what has become an infamous phrase. Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, accused his colleagues of employing an unconstitutional “religious test” for office. from the NYTimes
Amy Coney Barrett goes to church religiously.
That makes her a suspect in a vile conspiracy.
The Seventh Circuit Court in old Chicago doesn’t need
A zealot who thinks God is in her pocket for each plead.
Her dogma is so obvious, her halo blinds the eye.
Is there any case in much good conscience she can try?
Does she think that angels flit about in her courtroom?
(and does she think that witch Feinstein is flying on a broom?)
The Senators should dump her so she never rules in court --
She’d always be a-preachin’ to each lawyer with a tort.
Protect our justice system from such godly people, who
Would make a mock of all of our fine precedent voodoo!
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