Maven. Dont miss that. First, the casual smearing of potential Supreme Court nominee over her catholicism. Its been just five days since President Trump announced his shortlist to replace Justin Anthony kennedy on the supreme , a decision he will reveal in less than a week. In the top five of most cores done by kurt waters was a former notre dame professor amy Coney Barrett. She is quickly found herself on the receiving end of most of the media fire. She got into quite a wellpublicized conversation about being a religious catholic with senator dianne feinstein. Her name is amy Coney Barrett. All people who we have an understanding are in opposition to roe. She went to notre dame. She is very catholic braids because shes catholic, had seven children, is a member of a small religious group, called people of praise, where members swear a loyalty oath, held a accountable to a personal advisor called a head for men ad a handmade for a woman. Laura sounds so ominous. The same people who attacked the president for applying what they called religious test to enter the country can so flippantly talk about someones christianity with impunity. As david frakes broke at me National Review , ignorance leads to suspicion and suspicion leads to fear, but this fear cannot trump reason. Amy Coney Barrett is at the peak of her profession. She shares at faith practices of millions of coreligionists. If progressives seek to block her from the nation Side Corporation because of it, they will betray the nations founding ideals. Joining us now to discuss, bill donohue, president of the catholic league. Wall street journalist journalist kimberley strassel. Lets start with you, i am watching this play out about amy Coney Barrett, and im thinking to myself, the left is really at desperation point. Devcon won for them on the desperation scale. They wont be able to start trumps nice, neat from being on the record, they take these glancing blows about her faith and now a days oh, shes a member of a cult. Why is she unqualified to sit in the Supreme Court . I would first look at her record. Shes only been an Appellate Court judge for five months. Before that, she was a law professor. There is no more people people know more in the ivory tower them are professors. Her background is then, her record is thin. That is the first thing. That is what concerns me more than her religion. Her religious beliefs are fair game. If she happened to be a muslim, youd want to know whether she supported jihad. An orthodox jew, you wont want to know whether she believes in sucking up blood during circumcision. Laura shes explicitly said kimberly, get in on this, shes explicitly said that religious belief should not be permitted to have to align with court cases. Shes explicitly addressed this case. My question but that is not good enough for the left in this case because i think shes because such a strong candidate if not all member people claiming that barack obama didnt have enough experience to become commander in chief of the Worlds Largest army but thats put that aside. Kimberly . None of those questions that were just posed in fact are relevant to her candidacy at her fitness for sitting on the Supreme Court. We should care about what their positions of the law are. You know, laura, it doesnt matter, though, who is this candidate is going to be. That list contains some of the most brilliant jurists in the country. They are thoughtful, qualified, and wise. Precisely because of that, people who do not like donald trump, who are very worried about what this new pick will do to their shift of the court, are not going to be talking about the constitution or separation of powers, or judicial philosophy. They are going to make this into a smear. Its going to be their best and only shot to try to stop someone because they cant do it on the basis of arguing they are not qualified. Laura bill donohue, the people of praise, this group of catholics who support each other, i guess they are a couple thousand across the country, is important to her as a mother and wife, something shes been a member of for some time, since her days at notre dame. That specifically is being used to smear her as essentially a cultist. Your reaction . I think i know what a cult is a mess is not a cult. Its a charismatic renewal group, which is a family oriented catholic organization, and the pope was hardly considered a man of the right, welcome to them just last year,. Lets remember this statement by senator feinstein. She said the dog my screams loudly in you. Now that his nativism. That is a throwback to the 19th century. That is coming awfully close to establishing a religious sect. Then we have senator durbin, by the way, i wrote to both durbin and feinstein last september, asking them a series of questions about amy Coney Barrett because they were out of line. We had durbin saying, i want to know what it means to be an orthodox catholic. He said he went to school for 19 years in a Catholic School and i guess he still didnt learn what the term orthodox means. I tried to help them out. It means someone who accepts the catholic church. Thats about it. This smacks of an animus against someone i dont care whether you are catholic, jewish, muslim, you want to ask people some questions about your personal convictions, you have every right to do that. But she has said so, in 1998, that if your caught is a catholic dealing with you are stuck between the church and Capital Punishment and the legal precedent, then maybe you should opt out. Shes been very, very clear that the personal convictions should not determine judicial output. Laura she made the comment about how you are not required to align, you cant rely court dealings with the faith that you practice. Again, shes been extremely honest about that reviewers want to eat that caught my eye. As from our friends at the center for american progress. As a judge, she decided against an africanamerican worker in terms of a companys supper all but equal act. Now she is up for a seat on our nations hyatt court. One problem with that, vinoo prayed she wasnt on the seventh circuit were in that case was heard. Obviously she wasnt on the threejudge panel when that case was heard. For this is how slipshod the criticism of barrett is. You know what i think they are bugged by . I think the people on the left are blocked by the fact that she has seven kids. Im sorry, i think that if i met weird, i know bill agrees with me. I think they think people with a lot of kids are weird. I think they think they are weird. I think that is actually that bothers them. Go ahead. That tweet has been debunked. Thats been pretty clear. The issue really, though, is her experience. Laura do you criticize obama when he ran for president after, like, a breath in the u. S. Senate . Is a different issue. Laura its about experience. The highest position in government. Being on the Supreme Court is a different issue than running for senator or president. As we know, theres been people we are talking about someone, its a lifetime appointment. Appointment. Laura Justice Thomas is on the d. C. Circuit for not a very long. Lack of time. Eeoc commissioner, education department, hes turned out to be you might not like his judicial philosophy, but even harbert had to admit that his jurisprudence and writing and decisions have been incredibly impressive. Hes been a force for good. Every one of the sitting justices, including neil gorsuch, who was criticized a lot, had tremendous experience, either as a judge or something else. She was a law professor for most of her life. Laura now law professors need not apply. First, catholics need not apply. That is my Biggest Issue with her. Laura liberals organs the ivory tower. Im not a liberal. Can i dare to suggest that this really isnt even about religion . This is the convenient way that they are going to attack barrett because they cant attack her on the law. Because there is a desperation here. Theres not much to attacker on the loft. No, they know, unlike Justice Gorsuch when he was appointed, he did not change the direction of the courts. This is step up time. If one of President Trumps frontrunners, especially if they have a good record, is seated on the court, it will change the direction of it for generations. They will pull out whenever they can, this just happens to be the most convenient way to go against barrett. Laura bill, one more word end. In the end, though, i feel a very strong anticatholic bias running through all of this. Youve seen it come up before. I think that its running through this. Kimberly is right. They want to mix all these people but i think that her catholicism, the fact that she takes it seriously, it holds up a mirror to a lot of what is going on in the culture today and they dont like that. I agree with you and kimberly. Let me be explicit. The two people i was most concerned about, durbin and feinstein, when roberts was put up about 13 years ago, guess who question his catholicism . Durbin and feinstein. Durbin will say i went to Catholic School. By the way, feinstein went to Catholic School even though shes a jewish gal. Im not saying they are bigots. I am saying there is something there which is unseemly. They exercise it against others. Laura hold on, thank you, all, fantastic segment. Is is not just a me barretts comment, or religiosity, seems e mainstream press. The Los Angeles Times wrote a piece titled, judge kony baird, potential Supreme Court nominee has defended overturning president s. A lot of people have pointed out, so far as every justice who sat down on the Supreme Court. Lets bring in fox news senior and traditional analyst, judge andrew napolitano. Thank you for being here tonight. Why do you think barrett is suffering the brunt of the backlash of the last few days . Is of the fact she is the only woman on the list . That might be harder for them to criticized on the road, they want to deal that now . What is it . You and i both know that anticatholicism is the last acceptable prejudice, acceptable in the establishment, mainstream media, acceptable in the academy, and apparently acceptable in the Democratic Party. That is part of it. But what you just raised about her willingness to upset law that has been standing for a while, this is the root of human progress, when judges have the courage to say, a given case, like plessy versus ferguson, the separate but equal of the races, was wrong when it was decided, were wrong when applied, and wrong today. I did not make it up. That is chief Justice Earl Warren and brown versus board of education, when plessy against ferguson has effectively been thrown out and found inapplicable to the Public School systems in the United States of america by the fact that she has the courage to Say Something like that, to show an open mind, should appeal to the very people that are attacking her. Laura judge, there was an Exchange Last year when she was up for the seventh circuit, with now departed senator al franken. I want to watch and share it with you. Im generally aware that the Southern Poverty Law Center fights discrimination and that they do classify some groups as hate groups. Yeah, they track hate groups. And you spoke at an event sponsored by one of those hate groups. Now i question your judgment. The real word of judgment is judge. If it were truly hate group, it wouldnt be it has a brief in a Supreme Court with wilmer hale. It wouldnt be cocounsel with adf of it were a hate group. I gather that the Southern Poverty Law Centers resignation is controversial. Laura Alliance Defending freedom, and court a lot, defending the first and amendment, religious rights, i thought it was hilarious, looking back to see al franken saying, i dont like your judgment. Kind of a good one to talk about judgment. [laughs] Southern Poverty Law Center has been smearing people left and right, its been exposed, tucker has done a great job at how politically biased they are against conservatives. Welcome to the club. Theyve smeared you, theyve smeared me, theyve smeared build on the, holy mother church, theyll smear any person or entity, no matter how well grounded in principles, if those principles are not there. I dont think judge barrett should be worried about them. Im more concerned if shes the nominee more concerned about republicans who are fearful of somebody who might be critical of roe vs. Wade, like senator collins or senator murkowski. That troubles me more than al franken calling on the democratic side. Laura is it harder for senator murkowski or senator collins to oppose or just on the fact that she should be republican female nominee to the court . You know, it is hard for me to understand why certain people are wedded to abortion. If you are a democrat, it is in your dna. You think it is popular because you see these polls showing that twothirds of the country think some form of abortion should be lawful. I am hoping that they would admire her judgment, senator franken, and her courag courage, more than they want to attack her on the abortion. Look, if this is going to become an issue on abortion, shes probably going to have to address this. How she feels about president. She cant be asked to address something that she knows she might have to address when shes on the court. That is a Ruth Bader Ginsburg rule. Laura they will go around and around on that. Andrew napolitano, always great to have you on from a judge. Thank you so much. Pleasure, laura. Laura by the way, the Walkaway Movement. Maybe youve heard about it. Walking away from liberalism. His catching fire. The left is pulling out the stops to try to describe. Discarded it. The campaigns founder joins us with his response next. I want some more whats he doin . Please sir. I want some more more . He has asked for. Thank you well he did say please yes he did and, thank you all boys thank you, thank you, thank you. Any paint can change the way a room looks. But only one can change how it feels. Century, from benjamin moore, is the firstever soft touch matte finish paint. Its revolutionary texture unlocks 75 unprecedented colors, each with exquisite depth and richness. Its a difference you can see, touch, and feel. Thats proudly particular. Century. Only at select local paint and hardware stores. Laura there is a burgeoning new Online Movement billing itself as walkaway, where once proud liberals denounce their former political identity as the left is moving further and further away from something called reality. How serious is this campaign . The Washington Post says this isnt representative of some greater shift but rather, a figment of protrump social media, writing, the walkaway meme is what happens when everything is viral and nothing matters. Joining us now to respond to that calumny is a founder the movement, brandon straka. Hey, brandon, how are you . Im doing well, how are you . Laura i will be devils advocate. I was advocate time. This is brandon, you are gay hairdresser, want to be an actor. Now you are on tv. Are you plunking us all . Will i be is Ashton Kutcher going to come out and say, come you are pumped . It is 100 not a punk thing. I had a red pill experience of 2017 after the luncheon of donald trump. As a matter of fact, i welcome anyone to go to my Facebook Page raised on the videos from 2016 in which im crying because Hillary Clinton didnt get elected. I was devastated. This is very, very real. Laura what is it about the left today specifically that has made you walk away . What is so funny as i created that video a few months ago and a few months ago, my biggest concern was the nasty rhetoric, the intolerance, the name calling come of the judgment. That was just two months ago. Since this video came out, weve already seen a greater shift. Now im worried about violence. Its already changed in just two months. From what my concerns were two months ago. Now i am worried that we may be are on the brink of an incredibly violent episode. Laura now we also have at the election of ms. Ms. Ocasiocortez, alexandria, new york. She beat in this primary, the number four guy in the house of representatives, joe crowly come out of nowhere. This is how shes about a socialist. This is how the head of the Democratic National committee describes her in this moment. Lets watch. The fourth most powerful democrat in the United States congress, congressman joe crowl crowly, was knocked out by a young woman it, alexandria ocasiocortez, 28 years old, never ran for office before. She represents the future of our party. She ran a spirited campaign. Laura future of our party. She obviously is very young. She thinks basically everything should be free. Free college, everybodys guaranteed, dignified health care, i dont know exactly what that is but free, free, free, free. Apparently abolished i. C. E. So no crackdown on human smuggling, child sex trafficking. It is wild out there. But she is the future, according to the Democratic National committee. What they dont understand is what their party has no future. Its over. That is what this campaign that i have started, the