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Democrats Attacking Nominee’s Faith – Big Error

Posted on Monday, September 28, 2020
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by AMAC, Robert B. Charles
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Democrats are about to make a seismic political error.  They are about to attack President Trump’s highly qualified, female, conservative pick for the Supreme Court – for her faith.  In the process, they will be attacking America.  The outcry will be enormous.

The nominee is Judge Amy Coney Barret, a seasoned jurist, incisive federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit.  Graduating from a Catholic high school, she was Phi Beta Kappa in college, 1st in her law school class at Notre Dame.  She clerked for Justice Scalia on the US Supreme Court.

She is a real constitutional lawyer – having litigated, taught, published on constitutional issues for Columbia, Cornell, Virginia, Notre Dame, and Texas law schools.  She was “Distinguished Professor of the Year” at Notre Dame – three times.

On the bench, she has been a strict constructionist, following where the law led, not making it up. She defended constitutional rights of males against discrimination by a college; strictly interpreted judicial processes to disfavor unsubstantiated race discrimination; took issue with judicial activism, dissenting from a ruling that stripped Executive authority over immigration; defended Second Amendment rights and supported 4th Amendment rights against illegal search and seizure, disfavoring police overreach.

In short, this nominee is high integrity.  She is an originalist, or strict constructionist.  These ideas describe how one reads the Constitution.  She reads it as if – get this! – words mattered, as if our Founders intended what they said, as if the Constitution’s text describes unchanging rights.

She seems to think – like Scalia, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and most justices historically – that the Constitution’s text is not flimsy, fungible, willy-nilly phrases to be reshaped by judges.  She thinks the job is to apply laws – as written – to facts of a case, not to get creative.

Of course, the elephant in the room – reason Democrats are livid – is that such a reading does not align with Roe v. Wade, a 7-2 ruling that mysteriously “discovered” a “penumbra of privacy” hidden in the Constitution, mandating a constitutional right to abortion.

Justice Blackmun, who wrote that decision – reversed most state laws.  He strained to explain where this “right” came from: “Whether it be founded in the 14th Amendment’s concept of personal liberty and restriction upon state action, as we feel it is, or as the District Court determined, in the Ninth Amendment’s reservation of rights to the people, it is broad enough to encompass” abortion.

The decision is ironic and unstable.  Look at Blackmun’s reasoning.  Because he broke faith with the Founder’s intent behind the Ninth Amendment, which protects states against federal overreach, he lofts the 14th Amendment to invent an abortion right.  It is a juke, and he knows it – which is why he abandons reason, saying “we feel it is” there somewhere.

All this is subtext – reason behind the reason – for Democrats attacking President Trump’s pick.  Judge Barret is a nightmare for them.  She is a thoughtful, sensitive, smart, well-reasoned, well-educated, female, strict constructionist, mother of seven children, two of whom are adopted from Haiti, one with Down Syndrome.  And, Heaven forbid, she is a woman of faith.

They have here an American idealist, true to the Founders, who loves her family, country, Constitution, and faith.  She knows that life is hard, exceptionalism no accident – on national or personal levels.  She demonstrates we get strong by striving, which imposes a need to protect the weak. They can smell the end of Roe v. Wade.

That is why – with nothing else – they attack her faith.  Already, Democrat Senator Diane Feinstein, in earlier confirmation hearings, attacked Barret’s faith, insinuating her legal acumen was compromised.  Dripping with condescension, Feinstein said: “The dogma lives loudly within you.”  Democrats piled on.

Here is the rub – three reasons Democrats will “feel” the ground shake beneath them.  Democrats who attack Republicans on faith – or vice versa – are fundamentally outside mainstream America.  We are not a nation that tolerates damning neighbors for their faith, to whom they give thanks for blessings. America is defined by that freedom.  To negate it is to step on a land mine.

Second, attacking Barret on her faith is constitutionally offensive.  Article 6, Clause 3 of the Constitution reads: “No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”  Note:  Ever.  Could the obligation be any more clear?

Our nation was founded by those persecuted for their faith; Jefferson defended religions not his.  In America, attacking an appointee for her faith is fundamentally obnoxious, ignoble, and unacceptable.

Third, irony runs deep.  How soon Democrats forget.  John F. Kennedy, first Catholic elected president, had to fight bitterly against anti-Catholic prejudice.  Now, they skewer a nominee for being Catholic.

Moreover, Democrat Joe Biden calls himself Catholic, 21 percent of America calls itself Catholic, and half of Catholic voters – until now – were Democrat.  What happens when Catholics are made to feel more uncomfortable in a party bowing to atheistic socialists?

What happens when Democrat Senators argue those of faith cannot reason, are possessed of “dogma?”  To be clear, “dogma” means “truth,” the notion that – beyond politics – there is a genuine right and wrong in life and law.  Is that now to be thrown over, in favor of a new anti-faith Democrat party?

Or this irony:  Devoutly Jewish, Justice Ginsburg, whose seat is being filled, got suggested to the High Court by Mormon Senator Orrin Hatch, ranking on Judiciary.  No Republican questioned her faith.  She was confirmed 96-3.

Finally, Democrats attack America when they attack faith.  Beyond history, constitutional direction, and ironies, the big blowback will be from Americans of faith.  As Democrats defend socialism, ignore church burning, and impose religious tests, they forget America is religious.

We are a people of faith.  In 2016, 73 percent of Americans were Christian – including Protestants, Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and Mormons.  To this, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and other faiths.  We are a nation of believers, a true global beacon.

Here is the point.  Beware the buzz saw, tectonic plate shift when you attack someone’s faith.  You can tell people you do not like their politics or jurisprudence, height, weight, handshake, or hairstyle, but beware:  When you hold hearings and condemn faith, every American sees themselves in that nominee – and they should.  Democrats are about to make a seismic political error.  The outcry will be enormous.

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Edward T Curtis
Edward T Curtis
3 years ago

How can the “LEFT” in good faith attack or question Mrs. Barret on the basis of her religion, which is none of their business. I would be questioning the ethics of Joe Biden, a Catholic, running for president when his religion forbids abortion. Personally, I am not a Catholic, nor am I a member of any organized religion, but I am vehemently against abortion and I would never vote for anyone who:
1) Does not stay true to his religion’s teachings and beliefs
2) Belongs to a political party that advocates abortions, even “PARTIAL BIRTH” abortions.

Steven Meisels
Steven Meisels
3 years ago

I am so sorry to see that the democrats are using the supreme court as a political weapon. Our beloved founders must be turning in their graves.

Larry W
Larry W
3 years ago

The longer they drag this out it just gives the Democrabs more time to make up their slanted and scurried accusations. Who cares if it looks like its rammed through, the democracks would have done it the same way in a heartbeat and laughed about it.

DGW
DGW
3 years ago

I have a real problem with those senators who do not plan to show up for the hearings with candidate Barrett. Not only, isn’t it their job to meet but also aren’t they, being our leaders, supposed to set an example for us commoners to follow? In the real world, if you don’t do your job, you should be FIRED!

GT Patriot
GT Patriot
3 years ago

I sent Lindsey an email last night. I am a South Carolinian. I stated that 4 days, 3 days, even 2 days of badgering Judge Barrett
is WRONG. God give her the strength to ignor the hell the dems want to force upon her. I will pray for this remarkable woman and
thank god that Trump was given this opportunity.

GT Patriot
GT Patriot
3 years ago

Thank you Paul E. I am a South Carolinian and Lindsey is a huge disappointment. He’s done nothing to fry Comey, Brennan, Christopher Wray,
Hillary and the dozens of other traitors who tried to derail Trump. Lindsey is just another swamp creature devoted to the status quo.

GT Patriot
GT Patriot
3 years ago

Good points but the dems are dumb enough to do this. I pray their unrelenting stupidity continues until Nov 4. And I know it will.
I could beat Biden and I’ve never, thank god, had a government job. Ours is not a nation of dumbasses. The dems are likely to
never return to the White House for at least 20 years.

JJ Johnson-Smith
JJ Johnson-Smith
3 years ago

I am a Christian, but not Catholic. I DO know however, that the Catholic Church is the wealthiest organization on earth, and has connections you don’t even want to THINK about! Sadly, the Pope, the Vatican, the Jesuits, and on and on, are Illuminati, and always HAVE been. In short, those with the power, support the NWO and are NOT on the side of Conservatives. On the OTHER hand, the majority of Catholic Parishioners are NOT in support of the NWO, they are just financially donating to the Agenda without even knowing it! They WILL stand behind Trump’s SCOTUS pick. Should be very interesting to see exactly HOW they will respond.

Myrna
Myrna
3 years ago

Democrats did not attack Justice Kavanaugh until they realized that he was about to be confirmed. They have already attacked this candidate on religious ground. I hope they don’t go further making fools of themselves, but that would be uncharacteristic.

Jax
Jax
3 years ago

What always seemed to be lost in talk of reversing Roe v. Wade is, there must be a case brought forth challenging it and must get to the Supreme Court and accepted by that Court. The Supreme Court cannot simply decide Roe v. Wade is overturned. Too bad there are so many fear mongers in “THAT” party. Saying it’s done for if Judge Coney Barret gets confirmed.

David
David
3 years ago

The Dems are desperate to not have their swamp drained! The next month (October) will see some unbelievable anti Trump propaganda that they and their cohorts (CNN, CNBC et al) with spout with a straight face and expect the general populace to believe. Hopefully only the truly affected with TDS will buy their BS.

Diana Collins
Diana Collins
3 years ago

I absolutely pray you are correct. The hypocrisy is earth shattering.j

Tag
Tag
3 years ago

AMEN!

Enuf Said
Enuf Said
3 years ago

If Trump had appointed Jesus Christ, the Democraps would do the SAMR THING. On November 3rd, I will do something I have NEVER done–VOTE STRIGHT REPUBLICAN. AS I leave church service on Sunday mornings, I don’t se how ANY person that says that they have been REBORN and profess to be a Christian–can vote for a Democrat!!

Edward Vagnoni
Edward Vagnoni
3 years ago

The Democrats have no moral compass. They deny God, but when they die, God will reject them. Every time a Democrat dies in office, I’m happy that they will see Our Lord first hand. They will be judged, and confirmed to Hell. The great thing about me, is that I have died 5 times, and been to Heaven to speak with Jesus. He is my BFF, and my faith is unshakable.I hope they understand their fate.

Bill Brown
Bill Brown
3 years ago

To the RINO’s, Trump is doing what you claimed that you wanted but were too weak or too chicken to do! “Grow a pair” or shut the he11-up!! Join the Trump Movement – The American Revolution 2.0!!!  Become a Counter-Revolutionary!!!  Stand-up for Our Republic!!!!  Remove Every DemocRat!!!!!

Bill Brown
Bill Brown
3 years ago

Both the DemocRat Party and the National and International News Media belong to the One World Government/Communist Machine!! Turn them all OFF!!  Join the Trump Movement – The American Revolution 2.0!!!  Become a Counter-Revolutionary!!!  Stand-up for America!!!!  Remove Every DemocRat!!!!!

Bill Brown
Bill Brown
3 years ago

What is happening today is exactly why OUR Founders wrote and passed the 2nd Amendment!!  Join the Trump Movement – The American Revolution Version 2!!!  Become a Counter-Revolutionary!!!  Stand-up for Our Republic!!!!  Remove Every DemocRat!!!!!

Bill Brown
Bill Brown
3 years ago

Nature abhors a vacuum!  Fill that vacancy NOW and with a true American Jurist!!  Join the Trump Movement – The American Revolution Version 2!!!  Become a Counter-Revolutionary!!!  Stand-up for Our Republic!!!!  Remove Every DemocRat!!!!!

Bill Brown
Bill Brown
3 years ago

Get your Children our of Public Schools and turn-off Mainstream Media!  Become a Free American!!  Join the Trump Movement – The American Revolution Version 2!!!  Become a Counter-Revolutionary!!! 

Bill Brown
Bill Brown
3 years ago

Push back against the bullies!! Join the Trump Movement – The American Revolution Version 2!!!  Become a Counter-Revolutionary!!!  Stand-up for Our Republic!!!!  Remove Every DemocRat!!!!!

Bill Brown
Bill Brown
3 years ago

The Magisterium, which many including Dr. King claimed, plainly and definitively shows that anyone who believes in abortion on demand is neither a Catholic nor a Christian!! Humanism: The childish belief in God that has kept mankind from achieving its proper destiny”!! Abortion on demand is a humanist belief/tenant used to decrease “the excess population”. The Humanists from the 1400’s have “grown-up to become the Communists of today. They are the “Sons of the light” – following the “Bearer of light”!!! The United States was founded on “Individual Freedom” not Humanism!!!!

Denise
Denise
3 years ago

Thank you President Trump for nominating a strong woman of faith. May God bless you both!

Garye
Garye
3 years ago

Great article.
This further proves that liberal anti-American democrats has no boundries concerning morals,ethics,justice and human decency.
Power,greed and immoral actions are the only thing they worship!
Truly disgusting,sick behavior.
America needs an OVERWHELMING landslide victory for President Trump to keep America Great!!
In God We Trust!

John A. Fallon
John A. Fallon
3 years ago

I think that the thinking behind sen. Grahams strategy is to allow the socialist/dems to attack the nominee for her religion in front of the entire nation and then tear them a new “one” to let the nation know the republican party will protect ALL religious beliefs. VOTE REPUBLICAN, RED, KAG!

Sharon Ormsby
Sharon Ormsby
3 years ago

Just today Nancy Pelosi herself told them they better NOT attack her on her Catholic beliefs. Chalk one up for her on that one. She herself is a Catholic so it would be a great hypocrisy if she didn’t shut them down. Nevertheless, I’m proud of her for once.

LauraC
LauraC
3 years ago

It would seem that all she’d have to say is, RBG was a faithful, practicing Jew and you think she walked on water (pun intended), so what could be wrong with a faithful, practicing Catholic? Argument over. They just don’t want Trump to have another Justice choice, like children having a tantrum…best if stupid Lindsay would just have the vote and be done with it. Oh, nope, he couldn’t pass up the chance to be on TV…dopey me!

DES
DES
3 years ago

Let’s not forget Nancy calls herself a devout Catholic LOL

Linda M DuBois
Linda M DuBois
3 years ago

I am a Christian and I feel they are all condemning all Christians. They should all be prosecuted and traitors to this nation.

Gerald Quinn
Gerald Quinn
3 years ago

I know that I am just peeing in the wind when I ask: When can we expect the Catholic Church to call out the Democrat party for their stand on abortion? When will the Church support Trump?

: Pat
: Pat
3 years ago

Does she have any brothers or sisters?

Gene
Gene
3 years ago

Would the Dens act like this if the nominee was a Muslim?

carol
carol
3 years ago

I hope the leftist step all in it! And thanks to Mr. Charles for mentioning the Eastern Orthodox in his list of Christian denominations in this country. As an Eastern Orthodox, sometimes I feel we are totally ignored and it’s nice when we are included. Most Orthodox I know are conservatives committed to following Christ in their lives! I’d love to hear what Biden has to say about this pick since he’s supposed to be a Catholic and will he tell his party to stop attacking her faith? He supposed to be their leader after all running for President!

Brenda Blunt
Brenda Blunt
3 years ago

A good person for the job and the left doesn’t like it. Imagine that.

Lawrence Greenberg
Lawrence Greenberg
3 years ago

“On the bench, she has been a strict constructionist, following where the law led, not making it up.”

And this, more than anything else, is why the Communists – er, I mean the Democrats – will use whatever tactics they deem necessary to keep this Judge from ever reaching the SCOTUS. Knowing full well that their efforts to turn this nation into a Leftist (Communist) dictatorship can never succeed using the Constitutional, legislative process, they know they must do their dirty work in the Courts. And they are desperate to try to replace Judge Ginsburg (who was a lifelong Communist and should never have been allowed anywhere near the SCOTUS) with another hard-core Leftist who will legislate from the bench.

HelenC
HelenC
3 years ago

When Clintons collected mega $$$ for Haiti and acted as custodian of government, ie taxpayer, billions $$$ for Haiti with little to no accounting for how $$$ were spent, no Democrat raised a whimper. Amy Coney Barrett gets crucified by Dems for adopting 2 Haitian children. Dems’ double standard!!

Ruth Spiering
Ruth Spiering
3 years ago

Please pray harder than you’ve ever prayed before: for safety of their persons to begin with.

Robert Hellam
Robert Hellam
3 years ago

Mormons are not Christians.

James
James
3 years ago

I wish Lindsey would stop this side show. Opening the door to democrats with this conformation hearing is a stall tactic. A stall tactic without a purpose. Unless the purpose is to torpedo the nomination of Barrett. If Lindsey screws republicans out of this, he better be looking for another job!

GKP
GKP
3 years ago

Why would any Catholic vote for Biden who in disguise goes to Church when the cameras are there//Why would anyone attack Amy Barrett because of her religion except the liberal senators whose states are being looted and riots exist //complete garbage// Hope to see another fiasco in the sUPREME COURT hearing and then THE TRUMPSTER will win in a landslide and Amy Barrett will be the next SUPREME COURT judge//

Mimi
Mimi
3 years ago

The only thing the democrats have faith in is the government, and how much power and cold hard cash they can squeeze out of it.

Art A
Art A
3 years ago

Great show Mr. Charles! I agree with you bJoe Biden Catholic? He allegedly is a Knight of Malta. Do you think that these savages are going to attack again?
Now for Senator Flimsy Graham slow walking this process as he is facing major opposition to his reelection. He now appears to be “busy” to look like he actually is working for a living. My gosh he now allegedly has “interviews” with Komey and McCabe on his calendar. Add in this Supreme Court project and WOW he is firing on all cylinders!
Roe vs Wade will sooner or later be modified not eliminated. Let us move forward to a conclusion not tainted with venom and political disparity. YEAH SURE! I have to go as this will be probably be set “for Approval” as several of my posts have been lately. MAGA/KAG/KAF 2020

Thomas SWAN
Thomas SWAN
3 years ago

As for the Democrats (the party of slavery), this outcome couldn’t be visited on a more deserving bunch!!

Bob Bailey
Bob Bailey
3 years ago

Let’s not forget that Nancy Pelosi touts her own Catholicism as well.

Matthew Gabor
Matthew Gabor
3 years ago

I love the post about the VHS tape! It will be interesting to see what nonsense the Demonrats will come up with to discredit this wonderful judge! I see The Left is concerned about Roe v Wade being overturned. They changed the word abortion to ” Womens Reproductive Rights” because it sounds more appealing to their cause! Over the weekend it was wonderful to watch The Washington Prayer March instead of seeing protesters! I also watched The Trump Card movie. Once again Dinesh D’Souza deserves a medal! I am looking forward to the debate tomorrow and watch President Trump expose “Alzheimers Joe” for what he really is!

The OLD Warhorse
The OLD Warhorse
3 years ago

Folks, the Dems can’t help it. It is who they are, it is what they are. They’ve successfully hidden it from most of the people for over a hundred years as the “Progressives” have slowly taken over the once pro-American Democrat Party to become the pack of anti-American Socialists they are today. Senator Graham is simply giving them enough time to throw out their bag of excrement and then jump in it. They cant help it. It is who they are. It is what they are. It’s time America see it out in the open.

Patty RN
Patty RN
3 years ago

This should be a slam dunk based on credentials alone. She is an outstanding jurist, first in everything she has done as a judge, wife and mother. As a Supreme Court Justice she will rule based on the law not on political leanings. Say what you will about Ruth Bader Ginsburg she was clearly a woman who hated deeply and passionately. Look at her face, the lines of rigidity and downright meanness, the severe hairstyle and a face that even when smiling appeared not to be doing so. It is my fervent prayer that Amy Coney Barrett become the 9th. justice quickly and without reservation.

Mike
Mike
3 years ago

Let’s all recall that abortions were legalized not because anybody thought they were a good thing, but because women were having them illegally anyway and many were killed or injured during this process. I doubt that there has been a huge increase in the number of abortions since they were legalized. Yes, there should be restrictions on when they are performed during gestation, but it would be wrong to criminalize all abortions again. An abortion is a traumatic experience for any woman who ever had one. The fact that women had them illegally until Roe V Wade shows how desperate they were to have one. Sadly, I am old enough to remember the “rusty spoon” and “coat hanger” “jokes” prior to 1973

Personally, I think that it is a terrible decision to make but I do think that it is basically a medical decision (at least during the first trimester) between a woman and her doctor and the government shouldn’t be making those kind of decisions for us. Nor, as the past has proven, can they.

I am all for confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barret to the Supreme Court and I will be voting for President Trump.

William Penn said “If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.” We’re getting there!

Lee
Lee
3 years ago

I guess they have forgotten that one of our most famous Presidents and his wife were Catholic. I think every other picture of Jacquie she was in a mantilla coming out of church. Very devout & very loved! It just shows the derangement & jealousy of the left against the choice of the people. We are really tired of it all. This is a Constitutional judge who loves America & Americans, she’s already been through the senate ordeal – we WANT her confirmed! Dems need to grow up & get over it already. God help us!

Richard P Wildhirt
Richard P Wildhirt
3 years ago

Careful, Robert. Mormons are NOT Christian. Mormonism is a cult.

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