Breaking: Hawley Scolds Dems for Attempts to Bring Back ‘Religious Tests’ for Judicial Nominees

Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) slammed Democrats on Monday for what he termed their attempts to “bring back religious tests” for judicial nominees, during the opening hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett.

In 2017, ranking Senate Judiciary Committee member Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) said during the judge’s previous confirmation hearing that it was “of concern” that Barrett’s Catholic “dogma lives loudly within you.” Senator Kamala Harris in 2018 questioned a different judicial nominee, Brian Buescher, on whether his membership in the Catholic Knights of Columbus would “interfere” with his judicial rulings.

During the Monday hearings, Hawley condemned these and other instances of judicial nominees being questioned about their faith.

“This is an attempt to broach a new frontier, to set a new standard—actually, it’s an attempt to bring back an old standard that the Constitution of the United States explicitly forbids,” Hawley said. “I’m talking about a religious test for office.”

Hawley Scolds Dems for Attempts to Bring Back ‘Religious Tests’ for Judicial Nominees During the Monday hearings, Hawley condemned these and other instances of judicial nominees being questioned about ... READ MORE ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.