During Wednesday’s nomination hearings of Amy Coney Barrett, Barrett continued to not answer questions about her opinions or beliefs regarding the law. Democratic senators attempted to highlight what is known about Barrett’s legal opinions while Republican senators tried very hard to continue highlighting how many children Barrett has while offering up some super simple softball questions that frankly, anyone with an elementary school-level civics understanding would be able to answer.
One such question came from Republican wishy-washy Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska. After listening to Barrett say that the Declaration of Independence is not a document to base law on but the Constitution is, Sasse followed that up with this powerhouse question: “What are the five freedoms of the First Amendment?” Well, it’s only five, and technically, it is in the Constitution, the document Barrett considers so sacred she is only willing to read it in regards to slaveowners’ rights, like a true “originalist.” But, guess what? Like every other question Barrett has been asked, this one is a bit too difficult to answer.
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AMY CONEY BARRETT: Speech, religion, press, assembly, and I don't know, what am I missing?
[Raising my hand] Ohhhh, me me me me, can I be Supreme Court Justice????
SEN. BEN SASSE: Redress or protest.
Oh, whatever. Protest. That’s not important, amiright?
This didn’t go unseen on Twitter, of course.
Maybe Katie Phang is more qualified for the Supreme Court?
And now it’s time to remind everyone of that stupid notepad gimmick the Republican Party thought was so brilliant.
The fact that she left off protest did not go unnoticed.
And from the file called, “Seriously.”
