Let’s cut right to the paper chase, as it were. Amy Coney Barrett’s faith is potentially problematic, and ought to be subject to the same kind of critique as any other belief, sacred or secular. Whether or not critics of her ascension to the Supreme Court want to raise their objections is, however, a different matter.
This detailed explainer from the Washington Post‘s Emma Brown and Jon Swaine covers the territory thoroughly. Barrett, Pres. Trump’s latest get-out-of-jail-card Supreme Court nominee, is notably a strong, and particular, sort of Catholic. She’s reliably horrible on abortion and women’s rights. She is widely expected to be a vote to strike down Roe v. Wade (or at least any legislation that aims to weaken its protections) should a challenge arise. Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has even said forthrightly that he wouldn’t support her nomination if he didn’t think she’d gut legal abortion in the U.S. (he does).
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