Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is unimpressed with Senate Democrats' attempts to apply religious tests to Roman Catholic judicial nominees.
That Thomas is saying anything at all on the subject is notable given his reputation for being tight-lipped.
"I thought we got away from religious tests," Thomas remarked this year during Pepperdine University School of Law's annual banquet. He was referring to Article VI of the Constitution, which states that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."
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