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Feinstein Defends ‘Dogma' Questioning of Catholic Judicial Nominee
[Free Beacon] Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) defended her questioning of a Catholic judicial nominee where she said the "dogma" lives within her, saying Sunday the judge's past writings were "questionable."

During a confirmation hearing on Sept. 6 for federal judge nominee and Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett, Feinstein said Barrett's past writings showed the "dogma lives loudly within you."

That comment and Sen. Dick Durbin's (D., Ill.) question of whether Barrett was an "orthodox Catholic" stoked criticism from the right and the left for giving a religious test to President Donald Trump's nominee.

Bringing up the controversy Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union," host Dana Bash asked Feinstein for an explanation for her remarks.

Feinstein said she was a product of Catholic education and called it a "great religion," touting she's tried to be helpful to the church anywhere she could.

However, she said, the nominee in this case had no trial or court experience and thus "no record."
Posted by: Besoeker 2017-09-18
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