The real measure of Justice Amy Coney Barrett will come in the next year (Abortion and 2nd Amendment Cases) Posted on The knee-jerk reaction to Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s first term was that she was less conservative than some had hoped and others had feared. But those judgments are likely to be premature, because the real tests for Barrett will come over the next year... The 49-year-old Barrett, for example, was lampooned by Democrats as a threat to health care during her confirmation hearings last year, but then ruled against a challenge to the Affordable Care Act in this year’s term.