Amy Coney Barrett
Amy Coney Barrett (born January 28, 1972)[2] is an American judge. Barrett is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since October 26, 2020. She was nominated by President Donald Trump. She was the United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 2017 until 2020.
Amy Coney Barrett | |
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 Official portrait, 2021 | |
| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Assumed office October 26, 2020[1] | |
| Nominated by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | |
| In office November 2, 2017 – October 27, 2020 | |
| Nominated by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | John Daniel Tinder |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Kirsch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Amy Vivian Coney January 28, 1972 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Jesse Barrett (m. 1999) |
| Children | 7 |
| Education | Rhodes College (BA) University of Notre Dame (JD) |
| Academic background | |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Notre Dame Law School |
| Website | Notre Dame Law Biography |
Before, she served as the Diane and M.O. Miller Research Chair of Law and Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School.
Supreme Court
changeNomination
changeBarrett was on President Trump's "shortlist" of potential Supreme Court nominees since 2017. She was seen as a possible replacement for then-retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy.[3][4]
Shortly after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020, she was seen as the top choice to replace her.[5][6][7][8] On September 26, President Trump nominated her to replace Ginsburg.[9]
Tenure
changeOn October 26, 2020, the Senate confirmed Barrett to the Supreme Court by a vote of 52–48.[10][11]
Landmark decisions
changeOn June 24, 2022, Barrett was one of the judges who voted to strike down Roe v. Wade in a 5-4 decision. Roe vs. Wade is a decision of 1973, that said that a Texas law on abortion violated a woman's constitutional right to decide whether to continue or end a pregnancy. With this decision gone, regulating abortion is now up to the states.[12]
References
change- ↑ "Oaths of Office: Texts, History, and Traditions".
- ↑ "JFK, Amy Coney Barrett and Anti-Catholicism". National Catholic Register. September 22, 2017. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Here are potential Supreme Court nominees to replace Justice Kennedy". CNN. June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Indiana's Amy Coney Barrett on list of 25 likely Supreme Court candidates". Indianapolis Star. June 28, 2018. Retrieved June 29, 2018.
- ↑ Cohen, Stephen B. (2015), Dodson, Scott (ed.), ""Seg Academies," Taxes, and Judge Ginsburg", The Legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 73–87, doi:10.1017/cbo9781107477131.010, ISBN 978-1-107-47713-1
- ↑ Kilgore, Ed (2020-07-01). "Trump Wants Another Supreme Court Nomination Fight Before November". New York. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ↑ Whelan, Ed (June 11, 2020). "Divided Seventh Circuit Panel Decision Against DHS 'Public Charge' Rule". National Review. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
- ↑ Kilgore, Ed (September 9, 2020). "Trump Adds Cotton, Cruz, and Hawley to His Supreme Court Prospect List". New York. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ↑ Zeke Miller; Lisa Mascaro; Mary Clare Jalonick (September 26, 2020). "Trump picks conservative Amy Coney Barrett for Supreme Court". apnews.com. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ↑ "Roll Call Vote 115th Congress - 1st Session".
- ↑ Fandos, Nicholas (October 26, 2020). "Senate Confirms Barrett, Delivering for Trump and Reshaping the Court". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 26, 2020.
- ↑ "Dobbs, State Health Officer of The Mississippi Department of Health, Et Al. V. Jackson Women'S Health Organization Et Al" (PDF). The United States Supreme Court. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
Other websites
change- Coney Barrett Appearances on C-SPAN
- Selected Works of Amy Comey Barrett by the Notre Dame Law School
- Law schools play prominently in Trump's judicial nominations, law.com; accessed May 2, 2018.(registration required)
- Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees for the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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