Documentary Of The Week: Amy Coney Barrett

Written by John Lounsbury

U.S. Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett has been nominated by President Donald Trump to assume the Supreme Court seat that became vacant upon the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg three weeks ago. We have found a 2016 lecture by Prof. Barrett at Jacksonville University which is worth watching. There is included a question and answer session.

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This lecture was presented before Barrett was nominated to the Court of Appeals by President Trump in 2017. At the time she was a Law Professor at Notre Dame, a position she held for 15 years. Before Notre Dame she taught at George Washington University.

In this lecture (about 18 minutes) and the following discussion (36 minutes), Prof. Barrett discusses what the “conservative” and “liberal” positions are on the Supreme Court in a general way, emphasizing that these are not political positions but constitutional interpretations. The lecture was just 5 days before the 2016 presidential election. She discusses how the outcome of that election could influence the future of the Supreme Court.

From Wikipedia:

Amy Coney Barrett (born Amy Vivian Coney; January 28, 1972) is an American attorney, jurist, and academic who serves as a circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. President Donald Trump nominated Barrett to the Seventh Circuit on May 8, 2017, and the Senate confirmed her on October 31, 2017.

Before and while serving on the federal bench, she has been a professor of law at Notre Dame Law School, where she has taught civil procedure, constitutional law, and statutory interpretation.[2][3][4]

Eleven months after her confirmation to the Seventh Circuit, Barrett was added to Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees.[5] On September 26, 2020, Trump nominated Barrett to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the United States Supreme Court.[6][7]

For those who wish to learn more details about Judge Barrett, here are the Contents of the Wikipedia post:

• 1Early life and education
• 2Career
  • 2.1Clerkships and private practice
  • 2.2Teaching and scholarship
  • 2.3Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
    • 2.3.1Nomination and confirmation
  • 2.4Selected cases
    • 2.4.1Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
    • 2.4.2Employment discrimination
    • 2.4.3Immigration
    • 2.4.4Abortion-related cases
    • 2.4.5Second Amendment
    • 2.4.6Fourth Amendment
    • 2.4.7Qualified immunity
    • 2.4.8Environment
    • 2.4.9Consumer protection
    • 2.4.10Coronavirus measures
    • 2.4.11Civil procedure and standing
• 3Judicial philosophy, political views, speeches, and writings
  • 3.1Textualism and originalism
    • 3.1.1Suspension of habeas corpus
  • 3.2Precedent
  • 3.3Affordable Care Act
  • 3.4Abortion
• 4Supreme Court nomination
• 5Personal life
• 6Affiliations
• 7Selected publications
• 8See also
• 9References
• 10External links

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