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Article VI of the Constitution clearly prohibits any religious test for public office. Nevertheless, with the recent nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court of the United States, Senate Democrats have started to revive the scurrilous attacks on her faith that they began three years ago.

One of the most memorable images from 2018 is the moment that Sen. Lindsey Graham had enough. Sitting in the Senate Judiciary Committee room toward the end of the brutal and unfair confirmation hearings for then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the normally subdued Sen. Graham looked across the dais at his Democratic colleagues and intoned, “Boy y’all want power; boy, I hope you never get it!”

In his 64-page dissent from the panel opinion in United States v. Brown, Judge William Pryor wrote: Do each of you solemnly swear that you will well and truly try the case now before this court and render a true verdict, according to the law, evidence, and instructions of this court, so help you God?

By Stephanie Taub, Senior Counsel Everyone has had to make adjustments in 2020. Businesses, schools, law firms and even places of worship have had to meet virtually or find other ways of adapting to the new normal. Yet Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) now seeks to hold legislators to a different standard, requiring in-person Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett.