Written by Jerry Newcombe
The U.S. Constitution says there can be no religious test applied to those seeking office at the federal level (Article 6, clause 3). But lately some on the left are trying to apply a type of religious test against some would-be Trump nominees.
Two years ago, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) raked a Trump nominee over the coals because of the man’s theological views. Russell Vought, a nominee to the Office of Management and Budget, attended Wheaton College.… Continue Reading
Tags: Amy Coney Barrett, Ben Sasse, Bernie Sanders, Brian Buescher, Cory Booker, Diane Feinstein, Dr. Richard Land, Kamala Harris, Knights of Columbus, Mazie Hirono, religious test, Russell Vought, Southern Evangelical Seminary, The Book That Made Our World, Trump Administration, Vishal Mangalwadi
Federal Issues, Religious Liberty | David E. Smith | 
March 20, 2019 6:00 AM | 
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Written by Robert Knight
So, it’s come to this: one of America’s major parties is in the grip of a crazy old communist – Bernie Sanders, 77 – and a crazy young communist – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29.
The two of them are driving the Democrats’ green microbus upon which the other presidential wannabees are scrambling to get aboard.
This column is about the crazy old communist – Vermont U.S. Senator Sanders, who just announced his candidacy for the presidency and raised $6 million. … Continue Reading
Tags: Accuracy In Media, Aharon Cohen, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American People’s History Society, Andrew Pulley, Bernie Sanders, Communist Party USA, Daniel Ortega, democratic socialist, Fairness Doctrine, Fidel Castro, Hashomer Hatzair, Jane O’Meara Sanders, Joe McCarthy, Liberty Union Party, Marxism, Media Ownership Reform Act, Nicolas Maduro, Occupy Wall Street, Paul Sperry, People’s Republic of Burlington, Red Scare, Russell Vought, Sandinista, Socialist Workers Party, U.S. Peace Council, Yaroslavl, Ya’akov Hazan, Young People’s Socialist League
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | March 1, 2019 8:00 AM | Comments Off on Bernie’s Bolshevik Bona Fides
Written by Walker Wildmon
There are four pillars of the Swamp in Washington, D.C. Each of them works against the American people and President Trump’s agenda.
The legislative and judicial branches are the first two pillars. Each institution, in their original form, were created for good. Now, these once good institutions have been remade into something that has and continues, to hurt our country.
The legislative branch is currently being used to maintain the status quo and prevent President Trump from carrying out all that he and other Republicans promised voters they would do.… Continue Reading
Tags: Bill Clinton, Congress, George Bush, John Cornyn, Mike Lee, President Obama, President Trump, Russell Vought, The Swamp
Federal Issues, Political | Benjamin D. Smith | June 21, 2018 8:07 AM | Comments Off on The Four Pillars of the D.C. Swamp
Written by Robert Knight
Two remarkable things unfolded last month.
The Democrats openly embraced socialism in the form of single-payer health care. And they announced a secular, anti-Christian test for public office. The two go together like Abbott and Costello. Or better yet, since this is far from funny, Marx and Lenin.
“Democratic Socialist” Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ scheme for a single-payer, government-run health care system has already been endorsed by 16 Democrat senators.… Continue Reading
Tags: Al Franken, American Family Association, Bernie Sanders, D. James Kennedy Ministries, democratic socialist, Democrats, Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin, Family Research Council, government-run health care, John Conyers, Ku Klux Klan, Russell Vought, single-payer, Southern Poverty Law Center
Federal Elections, Political | David E. Smith | October 2, 2017 7:00 AM | Comments Off on Hate, Bernie Style
Written by John Biver
A few Democrat U.S. Senators, including Illinois’ own Dick Durbin, have been criticized for their questioning of 7th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Amy Coney Barrett on the grounds that they were attempting to impose a religious test in contravention of the U.S. Constitution.
The National Review’s Alexandra DeSanctis provides the background:
Barrett is a law professor at the University of Notre Dame who has written about the role of religion in public life and delivered academic lectures to Christian legal groups.
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Tags: Alan Keyes, Alexandra DeSanctis, Amy Coney Barrett, Ben Carson, Bernie Sanders, Charles Krauthammer, Dick Durbin, Founding Fathers, religious test, Russell Vought, U.S. Constitution
Religious Liberty | David E. Smith | September 14, 2017 6:00 AM | Comments Off on Dick Durbin Joins Leftist Colleagues Seeking to Impose a Religious Test on Court Nominee
Written by Michael Gryboski
A few U.S. Senate Democrats recently grilled a judicial nominee to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals over her Roman Catholic beliefs.
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for Notre Dame Law School Professor Amy Coney Barrett held Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., expressed concern over the nominee being too religious.
At issue were comments made by Professor Barrett going as far back as 1998, which some have interpreted as saying that Catholic teaching should take precedence over the law.… Continue Reading
Written by Tony Perkins
No thanks to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), President Donald Trump’s pick for the Office of Management and Budget is one step closer to his new job.
After a faith-based grilling that left Sanders red-faced and Americans in shock, Russell Vought’s nomination squeaked out of the Senate’s Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee by the narrowest of margins, 8-7.
The hearings caught the country’s attention when Sanders made the case that Christians like Vought are unfit for public office — even in jobs that have nothing to do with faith.… Continue Reading
Written by Laurie Higgins
On Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) revealed why he is unfit for office. During his shameful inquisition of Russell Vought (a Wheaton College graduate), who is Trump’s nomination for the position of deputy director of the Office for Management and Budget (OMB), Sanders demanded that Vought’s nomination be rescinded because Vought believes and said that Muslims have a “deficient theology.”
Writing in response to comments made by former and controversial Wheaton associate professor Larycia Hawkins, Vought said, “[Muslims] do not know God because they have rejected Jesus Christ his Son, and they stand condemned.”… Continue Reading
