Not saying they got the idea from Councilor Volinsky, but it seems a pair of U.S. Senators think the no-religious-test thing in the Constitution has been quietly deactivated.
Senator Feinstein in happier days, unburdened by “dogma.”
“Do you consider yourself an orthodox Catholic?” is an unusual and inappropriate question for a senator to ask a judicial nominee. In fact, the Constitution forbids it.
But that didn’t stop Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., from probing Notre Dame Law professor Amy Coney Barrett about her faith. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. D-Calif., also chided Barrett for being a practicing Catholic, proclaiming “The dogma lives loudly within you, and that’s of concern.”
Barrett is a nominee for a federal appellate judgeship. Her nomination is moving forward in spite of Durbin and Feinstein.
“The dogma lives loudly within you…” Not only in Catholics, Senator Feinstein.
