In an Alarming Tip of Her Hand, Judge Barrett Says She Will Interpret The Constitution As IT IS Written.

Washington, D.C. — In what many are now suggesting was misstep, Judge Amy Comey Barrett said Monday that she would 'interpret the laws and the constitution as they are written'.

"It was an unbelievable moment of candor, where Judge Barrett showed all of America who she really is and what she really believes. And I can't imagine she did it on purpose", said Dianne Feinstein, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "We kept trying to walk her to exposing her true motives and bent—as a judge--but I'm amazed that we were able to accomplish this feat."

The Ginsburg standard, which has been the standard for Supreme Court nominees for decades, was quaintly captured as: 'No Hints, No Forecasts, No Previews' but what we saw on Monday is that Judge Amy Comey Barrett, an originalist, clearly showed how she would interpret the law and apply it to any cases she is a part of on the Supreme Court.

"We can't have a sitting judge, on the US Supreme Court, who believes it is her responsibility to judge cases in the 21st century, based on a document that was written hundreds of years ago", said Senator Durbin. "While the Constitution may be a founding document of our nation, we have shifted away from this document in the past several decades. Congress no longer sees it as our responsibility to write or change laws and we rely heavily on the Supreme Court's responsibility to establish laws. To hear that Jude Barrett does not share these convictions and precedence is alarming, and really calls into question her qualifications."

"I apply the law, I follow the law, you make the policy", said Judge Barrett in response to Senator Durbin. "I have a responsibility to respect the laws, as they are written. Judges don't change, adjust, or make laws. That is the responsibility of the American people, through the representatives they send to Washington. Judges hold the responsibility of interpreting those laws and making our legal judgements based on those laws. If people desire something to be considered a law, they need to make it a law."

This statement further dumbfounded democrat members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "We can't stand for this", said Senator Leahy of Vermont. "The American people need to assurance that we can count on the Supreme Court to do what they have done for decades; namely, making and changing policy. We have seen the inability of Congress to do their job and we are dependent on the US Supreme Court to our job for us. As elected officials, it is inappropriate for us to be forced to put our jobs on the line by making laws and policy that some constituents may not like. As lifetime appointees, judges do not carry the same pressure of potentially losing their jobs and we must have the confidence that we can continue to count on the Supreme Court to do the heavy lifting for us."