How Amy Coney Barrett has changed the Supreme Court in ways Kavanaugh hasn’t
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has aligned most often with Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch in her first months on the bench. Yet as the court enters the final weeks of its annual session, Barrett is also separating herself from brethren on the right with a lower key, attention-deflecting manner.
As she has adopted the legal method of her mentor, the late Justice Antonin Scalia, Barrett has avoided the flamethrower rhetoric that defined him and some followers on the bench today.
Of the cases heard in oral arguments and resolved already this term, she has voted 100% of the time with Thomas and Gorsuch. But many more cases are to be decided and she has not so perfectly aligned with those two justices on emergency requests decided without full briefing or arguments. In one death penalty case, Barrett broke from her colleagues on the right, as she signed an opinion by liberal Justice Elena Kagan th
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Supreme Court s ethics problems are bigger than Amy Coney Barrett While the court has always said it is capable of minding its own store, evidence showing otherwise has piled up and it s nonpartisan.
By Timothy L. O’Brien Bloomberg Opinion May 4, 2021 11:23am Text size Copy shortlink:
A lot of hand-wringing has accompanied Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett s $2 million book deal (including from those of us who wish we had a $2 million book deal). While there s always reason to worry when big piles of money land on the court, and Coney Barrett has wasted little time monetizing her new job, some larger points are getting lost in all of this.
Amy Coney Barrett has book deal with conservative imprint
By HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press April 19, 2021 8:45pm Text size Copy shortlink:
NEW YORK Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett has a book deal with a Penguin Random House imprint, The Associated Press has learned.
Adrian Zackheim, who heads the conservative Sentinel imprint, confirmed Monday that he has an agreement with Barrett. Zackheim declined to provide any additional details beyond saying that the book would not be out this year. Coney Barrett, 49, was approved last fall by the Republican-led Senate just weeks after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was the third justice selected by then-President Donald Trump and s