Pelosi: ‘I’m Not Going to Get Into’ Whether Constitution Bans Religious Tests for Supreme Court Nominees
United States Constitution
Article VI
Clause 3
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
On Thursday, Nancy Pelosi was asked; “Clause 3, Article VI, which bans religious tests from being the qualification for office, do you think that that should apply to Supreme Court nominees as well?”
Her reply was; “I’m not going to get into anybody’s interpretation of one thing or another,” Pelosi replied. She further said; “The confirmation is the work of the Senate, and I trust the judgment of our Democrats there to honor the Constitution,”
It continually confounds me why the press ask the Speaker of the House what positions should be taken by Senators. Mayhaps they were absent the day their civics/government class discussed separation of powers in the Congress. I have noticed they do not ask Chuckie what Nancy’s side of the building should do.