I have noticed of late that Notre Dame Law School seems to be populated by a faculty that seems to be very much on the right wing; I remember the days when the Dean of the ND law school, Clarence Manion was one of the leaders of the crank John Birch Society back in the 1960s.the mere fact that Barrett signed something peddled by the Beckett Fund disqualifies her in my opinion from the Federal bench. As has been stated elsewhere by Massimo Faglioli, one gets the impression that the US bishops want some kind of a confessional state in America, where the "Church", I.e., the bishops, have plenary jurisdiction over matters they deem to be their turf. Poland has turned into this under the Law and Justice Party and its a disaster of clerical-fascist chaos.