Tag: amy coney barrett

As a result of the confirmation, some pastors have urged LGBT couples to get married, fearful that their right to marriage (affirmed in Obergefell v. Hodges) is at risk with the majority of Supreme Court justices being Republican.

The true significance of Justice Barrett’s breach of judicial ethics and decorum is not so much what it says about her as what it means for Americans having the requisite faith and confidence in the Supreme Court.

To argue that a person’s religious beliefs are not or should not be influential in how they approach judicial questions shows an ignorance of history and politics.