A federal law makes it a felony to intimidate voters or obstruct voting.
Amy Coney Barrett says she cannot say that it is illegal.
The U.S. Constitution clearly states that the Congress shall determine the date of the election.
Amy Coney Barrett says she cannot say whether or not a president could unilaterally postpone an election.
And Barrett wants a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court and does not know these simple facts about the law? She claims to be a “textualist” but does not know what is in the text?
A competent judge would have been able to acknowledge and confirm explicit text in federal statutes and the Constitution itself, while reserving the right to apply it to a specific set of facts as they would be presented. She did not do that. She simply professed ignorance of the Constitution and federal statutes and disqualified herself.
A federal law makes it a felony to intimidate voters or obstruct voting.
Amy Coney Barrett says she cannot say that it is illegal.
The U.S. Constitution clearly states that the Congress shall determine the date of the election.
Amy Coney Barrett says she cannot say whether or not a president could unilaterally postpone an election.
And Barrett wants a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court and does not know these simple facts about the law? She claims to be a “textualist” but does not know what is in the text?
A competent judge would have been able to acknowledge and confirm explicit text in federal statutes and the Constitution itself, while reserving the right to apply it to a specific set of facts as they would be presented. She did not do that. She simply professed ignorance of the Constitution and federal statutes and disqualified herself.