When President Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, it was a foregone conclusion that she was going to come under attack. Sen. Dianne Feinstein had telegraphed it previously with criticism of Barrett’s Catholicism when Barrett was nominated to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017 (“The dogma lives loudly within you,” she intoned at the time).
But if you think criticism of Barrett would be limited to her faith, think again. Here’s a short list of the criticism leveled at Barrett:
- More Catholic bashing, as activists dressed up as women from “The Handmaid’s Tale” to parody Barrett’s membership in People of Praise, a lay Catholic organization
- But wait! Is it really a Catholic organization?
- Questioning whether her children from Haiti were adopted through legal channels
- One commenter doubled down, suggesting that Barrett’s commentary on her own children was inherently racist
- Greta Thunberg assailed ACB over lacking views on climate change(?)
- Reportedly she’s a heavy drinker (although she claims she only had one glass of wine after a full day of confirmation hearings)
- A group of alumni from Rhodes College, her undergrad alma mater, don’t just oppose her nomination – they want the college to “disavow” her
- Counterpoint: Forget the numerous Notre Dame colleagues who have lined up to support her: self-described liberals – and even people who openly disagree with her – say she deserves to be confirmed
There’s plenty more where that came from, of course – like I said, it’s a short list.
Seems to me that criticism like this smacks of desperation.
