In what can only be described as another LLL liberal leaving the reservation, one Christopher D. Morris writing an editorial in the Boston Globe is calling for a religious test of all future, including John Roberts, justices.
The bishops have made this question legitimate because Americans no longer know whether a Catholic judge can hear abortion cases without an automatic conflict of interest. . . .
Asking the bishops to testify would be healthy. If they rescinded the threats made against Kerry, then Roberts would feel free to make his decision without the appearance of a conflict of interest, and Catholic politicians who support Roe v. Wade would gain renewed confidence in their advocacy. If the bishops repeated or confirmed their threats, the Senate Judiciary Committee should draft legislation calling for the automatic recusal of Catholic judges from cases citing Roe v. Wade as a precedent.
You see, the concept of 'Separation of Church and State' is not really in the constitution. It was a SCOTUS decision based upon non-constitutional documents. However, the concept of no religious test is in the constitution! And now the liberal elite want to basically rewrite the constitution, without benefit of the required procedure as set down in the constitution!
The left worries about the 'religious right'. And I have to wonder why since they really have no power. But where is the left's outrage over the 'secular left' that would subvert the constitution on a whim? I have never seen the religious right advocating dumping the constitution. I guess that extremism is reserved for the LLL left. The shame is that the left does not distance themselves from these whackos.