Amy Coney Barrett: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2020
Amy Coney Barrett (born January 28, 1972) 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 | |
| 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
Nomination
Barrett 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.
Shortly after the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020, she was seen as the top choice to replace her. On September 26, President Trump nominated her to replace Ginsburg.
Tenure
On October 26, 2020, the Senate confirmed Barrett to the Supreme Court by a vote of 52–48.
Landmark decisions
On 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.
References
Other websites
- 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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