‘Amy Coney Barrett was a DEI appointee.” These days, political parody is next to impossible because politics is so absurd. Case in point: What I quoted was an X entry (whatever we call tweets now) from someone on the right side of the political spectrum. Barrett had just weighed in on the wrong side of a Supreme Court decision, according to this nonlawyer. That post was far from the only instance of social-media backlash that Barrett faced. This one just had the classlessness to use a photo of Barrett’s family — including her two adopted children from Haiti — as supposed evidence of the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” point. Presumably Barrett’s being a woman might have been another DEI box-check. Considering Barrett has shown a commitment to excellence in her profession, that does suggest a little misogyny. Is that what unites us now?
When Barrett was first nominated for the Court, in the first Trump administration, she was portrayed by the Left as a character from the dystopian Handmaid’s Tale. For some, she was a dreaded Catholic, led by the patriarchal clergy, who sought to live her faith in all aspects of her life. She was even involved voluntarily in a community of people who accompany one another on a journey whose end is eternal life rather than the next election or court case. “My favorite part of the Handmaid’s Tale is when the main character packs her seven kids and husband in a minivan to drive them to her Supreme Court nomination ceremony,” a friend and colleague still has pinned at the top of her X account, memorializing a wonderful day in America.
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