Potential Supreme Court Justice Amy Barrett Discusses Why She May Have to Recuse Herself for Important Rulings Due to Her Faith

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Quote:

"ACB is another Jeff Sessions. She would recuse herself if
the legal ruling contradicts her faith. That means death
penalty cases and cases that contradict open borders. This
pick needs to be a hard core conservative, not another
Gorsuch.

This is what she wrote..."

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The Catholic Church's opposition to the death penalty places
Catholic judges in a moral and legal bind. While these
judges are obliged by oath, professional commitment, and the
demands of citizenship to enforce the death penalty, they
are also obliged to adhere to their church's teaching on
moral matters. Although the legal system has a solution for
this dilemma by allowing the recusal of judges whose
convictions keep them from doing their job, Catholic judges
will want to sit whenever possible without acting immorally.
However, litigants and the general public are entitled to
impartial justice, which may be something a judge who is
heedful of ecclesiastical pronouncements cannot dispense.
Therefore, the authors argue, we need to know whether
judges are legally disqualified from hearing cases that
their consciences would let them decide. While mere
identification of a judge as Catholic is not sufficient
reason for recusal under federal law, the authors suggest
that the moral impossibility of enforcing capital
punishment in such cases as sentencing, enforcing jury
recommendations, and affirming are in fact reasons for not
participating.

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Note: People are dishonestly arguing she is talking about
ONLY the death penalty. She isn't.

Last Edited by dr0id on 09/19/2020 11:31 AM