U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett pledges to follow law, not personal views

[turbinetree]

Source: Reuters

AMERS
OCTOBER 11, 202010:13 AMUPDATED 2 HOURS AGO

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s pick for a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy, said she will rule based on the law, not her personal views, in prepared remarks issued on Sunday ahead of her Senate confirmation hearing this week.

Barrett, a conservative appeals court judge, said that in her current job she has “done my utmost to reach the result required by the law, whatever my own preferences might be.”

A devout Catholic who has a record of opposing abortion rights, Barrett is likely to be probed by Senate Democrats on that issue in particular. If Barrett is confirmed to the position by the Republican-controlled Senate, the court would have a 6-3 conservative majority. Conservative activists hope the court will overturn the 1973 ruling, Roe v. Wade, that legalized abortion nationwide.

Trump nominated Barrett to replace liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett-statement/u-s-supreme-court-nominee-barrett-pledges-to-follow-law-not-personal-views-idUSKBN26W0MM

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What do you have to say about companies that use fetal cell stem research................your so full of right wing shit about reading the losing party perspective on how it would effect your own kids................make sure you get your Federalist Society talking points up to fucking speed ..................

[tblue37]

1. She's just glad that in every case the law matches up perfectly with her personal views. How

lucky is that?

[samnsara]

2. we have heard THAT before!

[dalton99a]

5. From every damn one

[SharonAnn]

50. Exactly. I don't believe she knows the difference.

[truthisfreedom]

3. bull. fucking. shit.

she's a zealot.

[dalton99a]

4. "My personal beliefs are not relevant to how I decide cases." - Kavanaugh

https://www.pfaw.org/report/confirmed-fears-the-judicial-record-of-amy-coney-barrett/
Confirmed Fears: The Judicial Record of Amy Coney Barrett

...

Conclusion

Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s short record on the Seventh Circuit makes clear that she does not share Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s expansive view of civil rights, fairness, justice, and equality. As demonstrated by the cases above, her views are at odds with her colleagues and show her to be more extreme even than judges nominated by other Republican presidents.

[AZ8theist]

58. In other news, I have a bridge for sale, cheap!!

These fucking NAZIs LIE like you and I breathe .....

[The Genealogist]

6. So? Who on that court has not said this or similar?

I'm sure Scalia never said, "Yep, I will be just the shill conservatives want. Screw the law, conservative ideology all the way!"

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Then we don't need a judge, we need a robot

That's how you know she's already LYING

[texasfiddler]

8. If she doesn't, hold the tapes

[RKP5637]

9. Yeah, right, I can just imagine how long that would last. n/t

[TruckFump]

10. LIAR, LIAR, JUDICIAL ROBE ON FIRE.

You are full of shit, Barrett, if you think anyone believes your lies.

[Jopin Klobe]

11. U.S. Supreme Court nominee Barrett pledges to follow law, not personal views ...

... oh ... OK ...

[pandr32]

12. Bias is pretty hard to peel off

That's why we try to root it out before a nominee is confirmed.

[aquamarina]

13. Where have I heard that before?

[live love laugh]

14. It must be comedy time because that lie is hilarious

NOT.

🤥🙄

[keithbvadu2]

15. Yeah! Right!

Yeah! Right!

And Trump is going to stop telling his lies too.

[not fooled]

16. It's the Noble Lie

= it's OK to lie for jeebus.

These religious kooks have no compunction lying in order to advance their theocratic agenda.

[LakeArenal]

33. Because five seconds before they die the say "I repent".

Heavenly gate magically opens

[icymist]

49. That gives them permission to do all sorts of criminal acts against humanity.

This is how these people think:

Genocide? No problem as the Lord will forgive me. Putting babies into cages? No problem as the Lord will forgive me. Pitting brother against brother? No problem! As long as I proclaim to the world that all the blood on my hands was to 'further the Glory to God' so no problem! What do you mean Jesus commanded to "Love one another"? I am loving what I do to these others!

[pamdb]

17. Amy Coney Island

If you believe that...I've got a bridge to sell you between Mackinaw City and Mackinac Island.

[PlanetBev]

18. Uh Huh

Riiiiiiiiiight. You can just take that to the bank.

[Marthe48]

19. So she lacks the courage

of her convictions?

The cock crowed, etc.

[Greybnk48]

20. Another Repuke, "lying for Jesus."

They think it's not immoral if YOU think Jesus would like the lie. Crazy, all of them.

[vercetti2021]

21. Bullshit for a thousand, Alex

We've heard that before. She can't wait to throw her fellow woman under the coat hanger again.

[cstanleytech]

24. Not to mention sending them to prison if they are caught.

[vercetti2021]

25. Yep

But I think it'll be all for not. Joe and crew will balance the court.

[Cryptoad]

22. Ive seen this,,,,

Shit Show before,,,,

[cstanleytech]

23. I smell bullshit!!!!

[rurallib]

26. Those religions sure aren't doing a very good job of stopping their adherents

from lying their fucking asses off when it serves their purpose.

[cayugafalls]

42. They actually believe that lying to the enemy is OK if it battles against evil.

The difficulty of conceptualizing the perfect definition has caused many over the centuries to insist on the existence of the necessary lie. Such a lie arises from a conflict between justice and veracity when the exercise of both virtues is demanded by the selfsame moral situation. In other words, we are obliged to tell the truth, and we are also obliged to keep secrets, but there are times when the only way to keep a secret is to lie. Both keeping secrets and speaking truthfully are included under all standard expositions of the natural law and the eighth commandment. When our obligation to protect a secret conflicts with our obligation to tell the truth, the result is a necessary lie—necessary not because it helps us to avoid some potential pain but because it is the only way to preserve justice. On this reading, a very particular exception to the rule exists when there are conflicting moral requirements. We may—indeed, we must—deceive the thugs because it is the lesser of two evils.

https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/is-lying-ever-right

[truthisfreedom]

27. handmaiden

[KPN]

28. Oh Bullshit! nt

[Yavin4]

29. Did her husband approve of her opening remarks? n/t

[Miigwech]

30. She lies, just like clarence and kavanaugh.

[Greybnk48]

54. And Alito! n/t

[RedSpartan]

31. YES, BUT HER VIEW OF ANY PROGRESSIVE LAW IS THAT IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Her reading of the law IS the problem. This is a dog whistle to the hard-right, Federalist Society nutjobs that they have nothing to worry about. Don't be fooled.

[KWR65]

32. So she can rule by Catholic Canon law?

[Retrograde]

57. I'd like to see her follow some parts of it

such as Catholic teachings on the importance of salvation by acts (as opposed to salvation by grace or belief alone- it's a dispute that goes back at least to Martin Luther). She should also adhere to the corporal works of mercy: feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, visitling the sick and imprisoned, sheltering the homeless, burying the dead. I think she also should heed Matthew 6: "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men... But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen"

[LakeArenal]

34. Lie #1. She should frame it hand hang it in the wall.

[BlueWavePsych]

35. Repuglican LIARS ... vote 'em all out!

[ffr]

36. Delay. Delay. Delay.

By the way, have Lindsey and other Rs taken their tests yet?

[jmowreader]

37. The GOP claims we are going to persecute her for her religion

No...considering there’s step-by-step instructions for performing an abortion (that renders the victim infertile in the process) in the Bible, the whole “overturn Roe” thing has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with rendering women second-class citizens.

My opposition to this woman is threefold:
1) She’s been on the bench three years. That’s not enough time to gain the experience a justice on the Court of Last Resort should have.
2) She was put on the federal bench by Donald Fucking Trump.
3) She will rule the way the Federalist Society wants her to, not the way that is right.

[beastie boy]

38. Did a fly, attracted by the unmistakable fragrance of her remark, land on her head as she said this?

[mahina]

39. Chya right

[samsingh]

40. like all repugs i don't expect here to speak the truth

[yaesu]

41. oh, you betcha. nt

[Paladin]

43. Horseshit. That's the promise they ALL make, then break. (nt)

[Traildogbob]

45. Can we say "Bill Barr"

“Some Dems” bought his bullshit and approved his nomination. A serial liar nominated her and can’t give enough praise for her. So we should believe a word she says?

[patphil]

44. That pledge expires the second she is sworn in.

[NellieStarbuck]

46. Yeah, I'll bet.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

47. Judge Barrett stresses late Justice Scalia's influence in opening statement to Senate

When Judge Amy Coney Barrett delivers her opening statement on Monday to the Senate Judiciary Committee, she'll focus on how her family, an upbringing modeled on service and faith and her mentor, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, influenced her opportunity to be nominated to the Supreme Court.

Barrett, who clerked for Scalia, will say it was his "reasoning" that shaped her and that his "judicial philosophy was straightforward: A judge must apply the law as written, not as the judge wishes it were," according to a copy of the statement released Sunday in advance of the hearing.

The late justice, she is expected to say, taught her more than just law and he was "devoted to his family, resolute in his beliefs, and fearless of criticism."

Throughout her legal career, Barrett says in the prepared remarks, she resolved to maintain the same perspective as Scalia. "There is a tendency in our profession to treat the practice of law as all-consuming, while losing sight of everything else. But that makes for a shallow and unfulfilling life," Barrett says, according to the copy of her remarks. "I worked hard as a lawyer and a professor; I owed that to my clients, my students, and myself. But I never let the law define my identity or crowd out the rest of my life."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/judge-barrett-stresses-late-justice-scalia-s-influence-in-opening-statement-to-senate/ar-BB19UG8I?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=DELLDHP

Not encouraging in my opinion.

[barbtries]

48. right. she's lying

[Kablooie]

51. She said judges should not try to make law...

On the surface it means she will not overturn established law.

But it also could mean that past courts did not have authority to make certain judgements so overturning them will correct the error.

Conservatives hate the 1965 Griswold v Connecticut decision that established the right to contraception and privacy.
A Connecticut statute made it a crime for any person to use any drug or article to prevent conception.
The courts decision was that it violated marital rights of privacy which is within the penumbra of specific guarantees of the Bill of Rights.

The logic was pretty convoluted and hard to follow. Penumbra?
This could be overturned by a very conservative court which would mean contraception could be made illegal again and there would be no right to privacy in people's homes.

[Sloumeau]

52. Handmaiden Amy apparently thinks Americans are stupid.

She was chosen by Trump specifically because she would let her personal views override the law. Trump promised to do this repeatedly when he was running for election in 2016 and again in 2020. Handmaiden Amy made it clear that she wanted to let her personal views supersede the law when the joined the Federalist Society, and the Republican Senate approved of her for her current judgeship because she made it clear to them that she would let her personal views supersede the law.

This is yet another reason why this lying sack of crap should not be on the U.S. Supreme Court.

[Turbineguy]

53. That's something of a leap of faith on our part.

[drray23]

55. Hopefully that wont make Susan Collins say that she trusts her.

Like she did with Kavanaugh who assured her he would be fair and aleviated her concerns..

[pfitz59]

56. I'm curious to know if she has financial ties to her cult, and still actively participates.

Who owns her house? Are her daughters being groomed as 'hand-maidens'? How can she say her 'personal views' won't affect her opinions when her Appellate Court rulings clearly show bias?

[catharineg]

59. Are republicans for the rights of people

Other than embryos dibs on women's bodies?

[NorthOf270]

60. BULLSHIT

[mahina]

61. Oh brother

[sakabatou]

62. Bullshit