Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) used a little humor this morning in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to remind his Democratic colleagues of their religious intolerance from earlier this year.
The committee was considering the nomination of U.S. district judge Peter Phipps to serve on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. "I want to ask you a hard question," Sasse told Phipps at the start of their exchange. "Are you now or have you ever been involved in the organization of a fish fry?"
"As a consumer I have. . . . I've brought a few other consumers with me in fact," Phipps replied.
"Judge, did you get questions for the record about being a member of the Knights of Columbus?" Sasse said in a follow-up, and the judge acknowledged that he had received such questions. "This is a new tradition around here evidently, trying to figure out if people are members of religious organizations," the senator said.
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