Special Feature: Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
On Sept. 26, President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and become the 115th justice of the Supreme Court. Here is a collection of resources about Barrett’s nomination.
Background & process
- Profile of Amy Coney Barrett (Amy Howe)
- The Senate confirmation battle, explained (Katie Barlow)
- Supreme Court vacancies in presidential election years (Amy Howe)
Barrett’s opinions, writings and speeches
- All of Barrett’s judicial opinions on the 7th Circuit
- Major writings:
- Letter to Synod Fathers from Catholic Women (Oct. 1, 2015 – signatory)
- Reflection for the Notre Dame Lawyer (Oct. 1, 2008)
- The Supervisory Power of the Supreme Court (2006)
- Catholic Judges in Capital Cases (1998)
- On precedent:
- Originalism and Stare Decisis (July 2017)
- Congressional Originalism (Oct. 2016)
- Precedent and Jurisprudential Disagreement (2013)
- Statutory Stare Decisis (Apr. 2, 2008)
- Statutory Stare Decisis in the Courts of Appeals (2005)
- Stare Decisis and Due Process (2003)
- Speeches:
- All speeches for the Federalist Society
- “We’re All Textualists Now? Implementing a Sound Interpretive Approach on the Trial Court and Beyond” (Aug. 12, 2020)
- “How Women Have Shaped the Judiciary” (Jan. 24, 2020)
- Judge for GW Law moot court competition (Feb. 3, 2020)
- “Why, or Why Not, Be an Originalist?” (Nov. 15, 2019)
- “The Constitution as Our Story” (Oct. 17, 2019)
- Judge for William & Mary Law moot court on Bostock v. Clayton County (Oct 1., 2019)
- “Assorted Canards of Contemporary Analysis Redux” (Sept. 19, 2019)
- “Reflections on Judging” (May 21, 2019)
- “A Conversation with Judges Thapar and Barrett” (March 28, 2019)
Nomination materials
- American Bar Association determination of Barrett’s judicial rating
- Barrett’s responses to Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire
- Barrett’s opening statement to Senate Judiciary Committee (as prepared for delivery)
- Barrett’s responses to questions from committee members
- Barrett’s financial disclosures:
- Documents from Barrett’s 2017 confirmation to the 7th Circuit:
- Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire
- Responses to questions from Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.)
- Responses to questions from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
- Responses to questions from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
- Responses to questions from Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
- Responses to questions from Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)
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