Amy Coney Barrett embraced her classification as a ‘female Scalia’ on Tuesday as questioning of the Supreme Court nominee commenced on Day 2 of her confirmation hearing – but made sure to distinguish herself from the last Justice. ‘Justice [Antonin] Scalia was obviously a mentor,’ Barrett began of the Supreme Court Justice she clerked for, … Read more
Amy Coney Barrett (pictured) will praise her mentor, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and tell senators that courts ‘should not try’ to make policy in her opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday Amy Coney Barrett will praise her mentor, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and tell senators courts ‘should not try’ to … Read more
President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Saturday, capping a dramatic reshaping of the federal judiciary that will resonate for a generation and that he hopes will provide a needed boost to his reelection effort. Barrett, a judge on the Chicago-based 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals and a … Read more