U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 1:
"The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office."
This clause has historically been interpreted to mean "for a life term."
Term-limiting Supreme Court justices would require a constitutional amendment, NOT just an act of Congress.
U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 1:
"The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office."
This clause has historically been interpreted to mean "for a life term."
Term-limiting Supreme Court justices would require a constitutional amendment, NOT just an act of Congress.
ACB FACT CHECK
Fact: Amy Coney Barrett has strongly defended 2A. In Kanter v. Barr [2019], she argued that non-violent felons should be allowed to own guns.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/18-1478/18-1478-2019-03-15.html
Fact: ACB has strongly defended restrictions on immigration. In Cook County v. Wolf [2020], she wrote in favor of Trump's public charge rule, banning immigrants who would be dependent on welfare.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/19-3169/19-3169-2020-06-10.html
In Yafai v. Pompeo [2019], she wrote that a consular decision disallowing the plaintiff's wife from immigrating to the U.S. could not be overturned.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15772380189014050847
Fact: ACB has strongly defended 1A. In IL GOP v. Pritzker [2020], she ruled in favor of allowing Pritzker to exempt churches from the lockdown. Despite critics falsely claiming she "ruled for the lockdown," she actually ruled in order to preserve free exercise of religion.
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000174-572b-d057-a37d-7fef3ec60000
Fact: ACB never claimed that she would automatically recuse herself from any death penalty case. Her critics cite an article from 1998 when she was a law student, exploring the relationship between personal religious beliefs and legal rulings of a judge.
However, in the article, she clearly states that the Church has historically allowed the death penalty in certain circumstances, and even quotes the Catechism in this regard:
"For this reason the traditional teaching of the Church has acknowledged as well-founded the right and duty of legitimate public authority to punish malefactors by means of penalties commensurate with the gravity of the crime, not excluding, in cases of extreme gravity, the death penalty"
She further states, even more clearly:
"JUDGES CANNOT -- NOR SHOULD THEY TRY TO -- ALIGN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM WITH THE CHURCH'S MORAL TEACHING WHENEVER THE TWO DIVERGE."
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1523&context=law_faculty_scholarship
Anti-Catholic Bigotry Is a Very Old Problem in America
The main criticisms of ACB that are ever offered are a) she has adopted Haitian children, and b) she is Catholic. Critics falsely allege that she is "soft on immigration," despite strongly ruling otherwise, and that she will "take orders from the Pope," despite the No Religious Test clause.
"... No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." - U.S. Constitution, Article VI
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript#toc-article-vi-
U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 1:
"The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good behaviour, and shall, at stated times, receive for their services, a compensation, which shall not be diminished during their continuance in office."
This clause has historically been interpreted to mean "for a lifetime appointment."
Term-limiting Supreme Court justices would require a constitutional amendment, NOT just an act of Congress.
ACB FACT CHECK
Fact: Amy Coney Barrett has strongly defended 2A. In Kanter v. Barr [2019], she argued that non-violent felons should be allowed to own guns.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/18-1478/18-1478-2019-03-15.html
Fact: ACB has strongly defended restrictions on immigration. In Cook County v. Wolf [2020], she wrote in favor of Trump's public charge rule, banning immigrants who would be dependent on welfare.
https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca7/19-3169/19-3169-2020-06-10.html
In Yafai v. Pompeo [2019], she wrote that a consular decision disallowing the plaintiff's wife from immigrating to the U.S. could not be overturned.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15772380189014050847
Fact: ACB has strongly defended 1A. In IL GOP v. Pritzker [2020], she ruled in favor of allowing Pritzker to exempt churches from the lockdown. Despite critics falsely claiming she "ruled for the lockdown," she actually ruled in order to preserve free exercise of religion.
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000174-572b-d057-a37d-7fef3ec60000
Fact: ACB never claimed that she would automatically recuse herself from any death penalty case. Her critics cite an article from 1998 when she was a law student, exploring the relationship between personal religious beliefs and legal rulings of a judge.
However, in the article, she clearly states that the Church has historically allowed the death penalty in certain circumstances, and even quotes the Catechism in this regard:
"For this reason the traditional teaching of the Church has acknowledged as well-founded the right and duty of legitimate public authority to punish malefactors by means of penalties commensurate with the gravity of the crime, not excluding, in cases of extreme gravity, the death penalty"
She further states, even more clearly:
"JUDGES CANNOT -- NOR SHOULD THEY TRY TO -- ALIGN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM WITH THE CHURCH'S MORAL TEACHING WHENEVER THE TWO DIVERGE."
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1523&context=law_faculty_scholarship
Anti-Catholic Bigotry Is a Very Old Problem in America
The main criticisms of ACB that are ever offered are a) she has adopted Haitian children, and b) she is Catholic. Critics falsely allege that she is "soft on immigration," despite strongly ruling otherwise, and that she will "take orders from the Pope," despite the No Religious Test clause.
"... No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States." - U.S. Constitution, Article VI
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript#toc-article-vi-