The One Fear Democrats Have About the Amy Coney Barrett Fight...And It's Not a Hard One to Figure Ou

[mystery-ak]

The One Fear Democrats Have About the Amy Coney Barrett Fight...And It's Not a Hard One to Figure Out
Matt Vespa

Posted: Sep 28, 2020 4:25 AM

If you’re going to lose, you might as well not do more damage to yourself in the process, right? Judge Amy Coney Barrett was officially nominated to fill the vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday. This move has all the makings of a total liberal meltdown. RBG is dead. Trump is still president. Trump names RBG’s successor, and it’s a conservative Catholic woman. Nothing is more triggering. To top it all off, for all their talk about blocking this nomination, Democrats can’t. They can thank their old Senate boss, Harry Reid, for setting the precedent on that by chipping away at the filibuster. All Republicans needed was 50 votes, and they have that. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), one of the main squish squad members, is onboard. Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Pat Toomey (R-PA) are also ‘yea’ votes. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is walking back her initial opposition. This is over folks.

Meanwhile, scores of Senate Democrats have opted to not meet with Barrett, not shocking, and railed against how this nomination is illegitimate or something. It’s not. The president nominated judges and the Senate approves or disapproves. Trump won the 2016 election and the GOP expanded their majority in the Senate in 2018. Sorry, elections have consequences.  We’re filling this seat. One area that has been attacked is Barrett’s faith. She’s a devout Catholic, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) took an anti-Catholic line of questioning when Barrett was being considered for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

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[XenaLee]

I'm wondering if the Democrats have anything to worry about re: Barrett... since I just heard Napolitano say something to the effect that...

Barrett has stated "if my religious views get in the way of a case, I will take myself off of the case".  This is paraphrased, but to me it's a red flag .... signaling a potential problem (a la Jeff Sessions' recusal) over the abortion issue in future. 

Does this mean that Barrett will, as a USSC Justice, decline from making a ruling on abortion (or any issue that can be related to "her faith")?   Is Napolitano being truthful about what Barrett has stated in the past?

Tell me I'm worrying about nothing here.   

[Jazzhead]

Count on this -  Justice Barrett may well vote to uphold as Constitutional certain state restrictions on the abortion right.   But she will not vote to overturn the right itself.   To do so would be to fundamentally disavow her philosophy of judging.

To overturn Roe will require a Constitutional amendment.

[sneakypete]

The One Fear Democrats Have About the Amy Coney Barrett Fight...And It's Not a Hard One to Figure Out
Matt Vespa

Posted: Sep 28, 2020 4:25 AM

If you’re going to lose, you might as well not do more damage to yourself in the process, right? Judge Amy Coney Barrett was officially nominated to fill the vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday. This move has all the makings of a total liberal meltdown. RBG is dead. Trump is still president. Trump names RBG’s successor, and it’s a conservative Catholic woman. Nothing is more triggering. To top it all off, for all their talk about blocking this nomination, Democrats can’t. They can thank their old Senate boss, Harry Reid, for setting the precedent on that by chipping away at the filibuster. All Republicans needed was 50 votes, and they have that. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), one of the main squish squad members, is onboard. Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Pat Toomey (R-PA) are also ‘yea’ votes. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is walking back her initial opposition. This is over folks.

Meanwhile, scores of Senate Democrats have opted to not meet with Barrett, not shocking, and railed against how this nomination is illegitimate or something. It’s not. The president nominated judges and the Senate approves or disapproves. Trump won the 2016 election and the GOP expanded their majority in the Senate in 2018. Sorry, elections have consequences.  We’re filling this seat. One area that has been attacked is Barrett’s faith. She’s a devout Catholic, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) took an anti-Catholic line of questioning when Barrett was being considered for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

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@mystery-ak

Ok,is there any question about the Catholic vote being a large block of the Dim votes in the northeast and places like Chicago?

HOW can the DNC attack on Catholicism itself NOT have a negative impact on the number of Dims that cast votes for Biden this election cycle?

Do the clowns in the DNC think Catholics go to church,donate to their churches,and send their children to parochial schools by accident?

IF *I* were in charge of the Republican campaign ads,I would have Catholics appear on tv ads asking "WHY is Catholicism being isolated from all the other religions to be attacked by the DNC? Do YOU feel like your political leaders are demeaning you,demeaning your religion,and demeaning your God himself?"

[Hoodat]

Count on this -  Justice Barrett may well vote to uphold as Constitutional certain state restrictions on the abortion right.   But she will not vote to overturn the right itself.

If it isn't in the Constitution, then it isn't a right.

[Hoodat]

To overturn Roe will require a Constitutional amendment.

Was a Constitutional amendment required to overturn Plessy?