Sri Lanka, Nov. 1 -- When Judge Amy Coney Barrett placed her hand on the Bible and was sworn in as a Supreme Court Judge of the USA this week, it's fair to ask whether Sri Lankans who opposed the 20th Amendment looked the other way. Mangala Samarweera and his acolytes of the SJB - though Samaraweera himself is now in political purgatory - were the greatest fans of Uncle Sam.

They loved the USA to the point of distraction, which is fine as this is a free country and they can love anyone they like. But did they know that in their preferred citadel of democracy, that shining beacon, a Supreme Court Judge appointed by the President, took her oaths before a fellow Supreme Court Judge, with the appointing President, Mr. Trump, and the Judge's ...