Mary Vought on Religion and Confirmation Hearings

Published: Oct. 8, 2020, 7 a.m.

Today's Daily Signal Podcast features an interview from the great \u201cProblematic Women\u201d podcast. \xa0As Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett prepares for Senate hearings next week, many are wondering whether she\u2019ll again face harsh questions about her Catholic faith.\nMary Vought, executive director of the Senate Conservatives Fund and wife of Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, joins us to explain why this line of questioning is unconstitutional. Her husband, she recalls, faced similar scrutiny in his own Senate confirmation hearing.\nWe also cover these stories: \n\n\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is speaking out against attacks on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett. \n\nPresident Donald Trump says he no longer feels any symptoms of COVID, according to his doctor, Sean Conley.\xa0\n\nDerek Chauvin, the Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd\u2019s neck, has been released from jail after posting a million dollar bail.\n\n\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.