Right-wing pastor slammed as he attacks Amy Coney Barrett over interracial family

Systemic Error Podcast · Jul 9, 2026 · 4m

Citizenship Is Not Racial PropertyA right-wing pastor used Amy Coney Barrett’s multiracial family to argue she could not be impartial in a birthright-citizenship case, then conservative commentator John Podhoretz answered with outrage after the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship in a 6-3 ruling, with Barrett among the deciding votes. The exchange is useful only as evidence: it shows how openly some conservatives still treat race as the hidden test of belonging.Who Actually Held PowerThe pastor had no institutional authority. Podhoretz had no institutional authority. The real power…