Why the Democrats Really Fear Amy Coney Barrett

Editorial of The New York Sun | September 27, 2020 

The feature of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing to which we’re most looking forward is the possibility that she will lash herself to the mast of the Constitution. She once did this while answering questions at a lecture at Notre Dame. The whole lecture is wonderful, but the best moment is when she warns against picking justices per personal politics and policy preferences. She favors justices who can resist those temptations.

“I use the example with my constitutional law students,” the future judge told her audience after the lecture “of Odysseus resisting the Sirens — that the Constitution is like when Odysseus ties himself to the mast to resist the song of Sirens. And he tells his crew, don’t untie me, no matter how much I plead. That’s what we’ve done as the American people with the Constitution.”...................That’s what it means to be lashed to the mast of the Constitution. That’s what it means to resist the siren songs of policy. And that’s of what the Democrats are afraid. Senator Feinstein made a career tarnishing mistake by going after Judge Barrett’s religion. Even President Trump’s arch foe, Mayor Bloomberg, published a piece, by one of his most distinguished columnists, calling Feinstein’s remarks an “outrage.”.............To Read More....