
Some Trump Supporters Target Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett
ANALYSIS: The Catholic jurist has been criticized by online commentators for her unfavorable decisions in recent cases involving the president and his administration’s policies.
ANALYSIS: The Catholic jurist has been criticized by online commentators for her unfavorable decisions in recent cases involving the president and his administration’s policies.
Senator Lindsey Graham asked Judge Jackson if she could ‘fairly judge a Catholic’ to highlight the hypocrisy of those who made an issue of the faith of previous Supreme Court nominees.
A number of questions from the justices focused on the principle of stare decisis, a Latin phrase roughly meaning “to stand by things that have been decided,” and understood to mean that the court generally stands by its own precedent.
Arguing her case before the Supreme Court, Julie Rikelman, representing the abortion clinic challenging the Mississippi law, framed adoption as a burdensome and unrealistic option — but Justice Barrett offered another perspective
Perhaps those who would best preserve our religious freedom are those who are most complete in their daily practice of religion, including judges such as Amy Coney Barrett
In the cases of California v. Texas and Texas v. California, the court will consider whether the law should be struck down if its “individual mandate” was effectively nullified by Congress in 2017.
Though the landmark abortion precedent may be on its way out in the wake of Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation, struggles at the federal and state level could undercut pro-life momentum.
For Jesse and Amy Barrett, the Sacred Scriptures are the center of their lives, their marriage, their family, their careers, their decisions and their service.
Analysts discuss the potential ramifications if Joe Biden is elected and subsequently moves to expand the number of Supreme Court justices in order to advance left-wing political agendas.
The Catholics on the nation’s highest court include Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
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