Amy Coney Barrett: Trump’s SCOTUS Pick
Judge Amy Coney Barrett speaks to a news conference after being announced as President Donald J. Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020, in Washington. Screenshot from NPR video
President Donald J. Trump recently announced his Supreme Court selection to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. He’s picked Amy Coney Barrett, who serves on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago. If confirmed, she would be the youngest member of the court, potentially serving for decades, and she could also bring with her the biggest ideological shift for the court in nearly 30 years.
The 21st spoke to the co-founder and contributor to SCOTUS Blog, a non-partisan website that provides coverage of the Supreme Court, and a professor of law at The University of Notre Dame Law School to dig into Amy Coney Barrett’s background as a judge and what her confirmation could mean for the nation’s highest court.
Guests:
Amy Howe, Co-Founder of SCOTUS Blog
Jeffrey Pojanoswki, Professor of Law at The University of Notre Dame Law School
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