USA: Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein Slammed For �Chilling� Questions About Nominee�s Catholic Faith

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"If you�re asking whether I�m a faithful Catholic, I am, although I would stress that my own personal church affiliation or my religious belief would not bear on the discharge of my duties as a judge."

Sen. Dianne Feinstein

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | US Desk
Source/Credit: The Daily Caller
By Chuck Ross | September 9, 2017

The president of the University of Notre Dame has rebuked California Sen. Dianne Feinstein for a �chilling� line of questioning she posed to a professor at the Catholic university during a judicial confirmation hearing this week.

Rev. John I. Jenkins wrote a letter to Feinstein on Saturday taking her to task for questions she asked of Amy Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor who has been nominated by President Trump to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for a district encompassing Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.

During the hearing, Feinstein, the top Democrat on the committee, asked Barrett about the religious themes of her past scholarly writings and speeches.

�When you read your speeches, the conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you,� Feinstein told Barrett. �And that�s of concern when you come to big issues that large numbers of people have fought for for years in this country.�
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