Overview

Amy Coney Barrett is an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; nominated by Donald Trump and confirmed on October 26; 2020; just eight days before the presidential election. Her confirmation was the most rushed in modern history; completing in just 30 days from nomination to confirmation; a stark contrast to Republicans' refusal to even hold hearings for Merrick Garland 237 days before the 2016 election. Barrett is a devout Catholic and former member of People of Praise; a charismatic Christian community where women were assigned "handmaids" as spiritual advisors. She clerked for Justice Antonin Scalia and taught at Notre Dame Law School. On the Court; Barrett has been a reliable conservative vote; joining the majority in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022) which overturned Roe v. Wade after nearly 50 years; eliminating the federal constitutional right to abortion. She also sided with the majority in striking down affirmative action in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard (2023) and in expanding gun rights in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022). Ethics concerns emerged when it was revealed she failed to disclose speaking engagements and travel funded by conservative organizations; and her participation in a case involving a company linked to her father's former employer Shell Oil.

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