WND 2/11/2022
Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley is warning that the "Barrett Rule" created by Democrats when they were attacking President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, could sting them in the coming congressional hearings for Joe Biden's nominee.
He's to announce his pick soon for a replacement for Justice Stephen Breyer, who is retiring.
Turley wrote in an online column that Democrats now are urging senators to have an "open mind" about Biden's pick.
"In the case of Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination, Sen. Angus King Jr. (I-Maine) wrote in The Atlantic that he would only vote for a nominee who expressly favored an 'appropriate application of the terms of the Constitution to particular cases.' Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the Democratic whip, declared that his opposition to Barrett was based on her interpretive approach that would work 'against change and evolution in America that is inevitable and in fact necessary,'" Turley explained.
"Under this approach, Republicans would not have to be 'open-minded' about a Biden nominee who follows an expansive view of constitutional interpretation. This includes support for a 'living Constitution' approach that allows courts to 'update' the Constitution without the necessity of constitutional amendments. Biden reaffirmed that view in discussing his expected nominee's acceptance that 'the Constitution is always evolving slightly in terms of additional rights or curtailing rights.' Indeed, adhering to the living-Constitution theory may be the only pro-life position tolerated in a Biden nominee," he explained.
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https://www.wnd.com/2022/02/expert-warns-barrett-rule-sting-democrats-supreme-court-nominee/
