FFRF Provides Senate Tough Questions to Ask Gorsuch
The Freedom From
The state/church watchdog group has submitted a number of queries to the
Most of FFRF's questions relate to Gorsuch's views on the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the
But given Gorsuch's background and 2006 book, "The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia," FFRF's most pointed inquiries are directed at Gorsuch's statements about "the inviolability of life."
Questions FFRF would like to pose include whether:
* Gorsuch draws "any distinction between 'assisted suicide,' in which the patient requests help dying, and homicide?"
* Gorsuch considers "the right to privacy extends to the medical decisions of a pregnant woman and her doctor?"
* Gorsuch supports federal and state death penalties?
Gorsuch notably concurred as a justice on the
In that concurrence, Gorsuch wrote: "All of us face the problem of complicity. All of us must answer for ourselves whether and to what degree we are willing to be involved in the wrongdoing of others."
FFRF would like Gorsuch to respond to two questions related to that statement:
* "Is there no limit to what actions an individual or a corporation can refuse to take in the name of their religious beliefs?"
* "Do you truly believe that a female employee who uses common forms of contraception can be characterized as engaging in 'wrongdoing'?"
Under the increasingly hostile judicial attitudes toward standing doctrine, FFRF seeks to ask Gorsuch how he'll ensure that laws meant to protect society are actually enforceable?
FFRF also wonders why we need laws like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, given the protections under the First Amendment's Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause. The act was the basis of the
But FFRF says it believes the most important question for Gorsuch to answer is: "As a justice of the
The questions are a follow-up to FFRF's preliminary statement about Gorsuch indicating it is "highly apprehensive" about his views on the First Amendment and the right to privacy. Currently, five of the justices on the
In its original statement FFRF noted Gorsuch would be the lone Episcopalian if appointed, thereby perhaps giving a little diversity to the court. (The other two justices are Jewish; currently none is Protestant or openly nonreligious; the late Justice
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