But on the bright side, if you ever will be dragged into court, just say you were only acting according to your own morale instead of law, and if one follows one’s conscience, one actually can not commit a crime. Right ?
The President of Notre Dame is horrified that people are daring to question Amy Coney Barrett about her religious views, claiming they are imposing an unconstitutional religious test.
I looked up Amy Coney Barrett’s paper “Catholic Judges in Capital Cases” and the thesis is exactly the opposite of what is being claimed here. Like, 180 degrees different. The claim that Barrett argues that judges should place their faith above the Constitution in making judgments is, at least as far as this paper is concerned, an absolute lie.
I am no fan of Trump or religious zealots, but fair is fair, and the truth is fairer than lies.
Don’t rely on opinionated articles, guys, without checking a few sources. Took me 20 seconds.
Actual quote in the concluding paragraph: “Judges cannot - nor should they try to - align our legal system with the Church’s moral teaching whenever the two diverge.”
Near the end of the paper in question, there is a discussion of how Justice Brennan was asked what he would do when ‘the law’ and ‘faith’ mixed. He said that his decision would be based only on his oath to support his Constitution:
Barrett says that’s not right:
In other words, if you’re a Catholic judge, you are legally disqualified from making a decision on abortion or death penalty cases. What is that if not saying that Catholic judges need to place their faith above the Constitution?
