As Judge Amy Coney Barrett prepares for Senate confirmation hearings scheduled to begin on Monday, conservatives are warning that “the Brett Kavanaugh sleaze machine is back.” As an example, they are citing a Washington Post article titled, “Amy Coney Barrett served as a ‘handmaid’ in Christian group People of Praise.”
The group changed the title of “handmaid” to “women leaders” three years ago in light of the dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale. Nonetheless, the Post used that misleading title in its headline and waited until the article’s tenth paragraph to note that “handmaid” was originally adopted by the group “in reference to the biblical description of Mary as ‘the handmaid of the Lord.’”
Christopher Scalia, son of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, tweeted: “It’s no coincidence that people who don’t like originalism are basing their understanding of the word ‘handmaid’ on a novel from the 1980s.” The organization Catholic Vote condemned the story as well: “The Washington Post is suggesting that Judge Barrett’s religious faith should be on trial during her confirmation. Democrats [are] playing with fire.”
Judge Barrett’s upcoming hearings are already so divisive in large part because her influence, if confirmed to the Supreme Court, will be so significant.
Mike Pence’s father ran gas stations
Whatever our position on Judge Barrett’s nomination, it is worth noting that across most of human history, a person with her background would have had few opportunities to achieve such stature.
Barrett grew up in a suburb of New Orleans, the oldest of seven children. Her father worked as an attorney for Shell…
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