Is it legal to ask nominees to federal office if they believe in God?

Kelsey Dallas of Deseret News speaks with Nick Fish after Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy asked a Biden Administration nominee whether he believes in God.

“A senator demanding to know whether a nominee believes in God is a disquieting attack on the tens of millions of Americans who, in fact, do not,” said Nick Fish, president of American Atheists, in a statement released Thursday.

Legal experts generally agree that religion questions such as those posed by Feinstein and Kennedy are problematic, regardless of the senators’ intentions.