Posted by Juan Non-Volokh: Judicial Ideology and Judges of Faith: As much as I hate to disagree with my host, I think I have to side with Professor Bainbridge on this one. As I explained some time ago in posts on the nomination of William Pryor, [1]here and [2]here, I think it is fair to say that at least some Democratic Senators -- and some outside interest groups -- have taken the position that an individual who accepts the Catholic Church's teaching on abortion, and who therefore believes that abortion is murder, is unfit for the federal bench. While I would not call this anti-Catholic bigotry, it is quite anti-Catholic in effect. Larry Solum also had some thoughts on the matter [3]here.
References 1. http://volokh.com/2003_07_27_volokh_archive.html#105949429354045344 2. http://volokh.com/2003_07_27_volokh_archive.html#105957994901963292 3. http://lsolum.blogspot.com/2003_07_01_lsolum_archive.html#105949755054017360 _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://highsorcery.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
