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Old 10-01-2020, 06:44 PM
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Amy Coney Barrett

Amy Coney Barrett signed newspaper ad that called Roe v Wade 'barbaric'

Ad from 2006 called for abortion rights ruling to be overturned

Barrett and husband signed ad by extreme anti-choice group

Judge supported group that said life begins at fertilization

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...urt-roe-v-wade

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The revelation will put pressure on some Republican senators who are facing tough re-election battles, including Susan Collins, the Maine Republican who has said she is pro-choice.

In a statement to the Guardian, the White House said: “As Judge Barrett said on the day she was nominated, ‘A judge must apply the law as written. Judges are not policymakers, and they must be resolute in setting aside any policy views they might hold.’”

The statement appears to reflect an acknowledgment that Barrett’s personal views on abortion could hurt her chances at confirmation.

St Joseph County Right to Life is considered an extreme anti-choice group by pro-choice activists in South Bend.
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Old 10-01-2020, 06:59 PM
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Religious group scrubs all references to Amy Coney Barrett from its website
People of Praise, a tiny charismatic Catholic organization, admits removing mentions and photos of Trump’s supreme court pick

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...arrett-website

Cancel Culture!
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Old 10-01-2020, 07:05 PM
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Barrett's participation in 2006 ad calling for overturn of Roe v. Wade was not included in Senate disclosures
Democrats say she should have revealed the inclusion of her name on a list of signatures supporting the ad sponsor's mission.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...-wade-n1241738

Why did she try to hide this?
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Old 10-02-2020, 02:53 AM
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Wait! Are you telling me this Catholic woman is pro-life?!

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Old 10-03-2020, 11:21 AM
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Alumni at Barrett's undergrad school sign letter of concern

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wire...ncern-73403626

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Signed by 1,513 alumni and posted online, the letter says the alumni are “firmly and passionately opposed to her nomination," declaring Barrett fails to represent their views and values.

“We are likewise firmly and passionately opposed to Rhodes administrators’ attempts to embrace Amy Coney Barrett as an alumna of our beloved alma mater,” the letter said. “We oppose this embrace because we believe both her record and the process that has produced her nomination are diametrically opposed to the values of truth, loyalty, and service that we learned at Rhodes.”
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Old 10-04-2020, 08:59 AM
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Video of Lindsey Graham insisting Supreme Court vacancies should never be filled in election years goes viral
South Carolina senator has repeatedly promised not to take up Supreme Court nominees in a president’s last year, including since Donald Trump became president

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...n-b498014.html

F'ing lying weasel.
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Old 10-04-2020, 03:56 PM
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The Reckless Race to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett Justifies Court Packing
We used to reject court packing as a dangerous game. Now we believe it may be the best way to restore the Court’s legitimacy.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/ar...acking/616607/

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Old 10-05-2020, 05:33 PM
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Leader of hate group attended White House Amy Coney Barrett event
Michael Farris leads Alliance Defending Freedom, designated an anti-LGBTQ+ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...ey-barrett-adf

...the company you keep...
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What One Scrapped Opinion Might Say About Judge Barrett

https://www.law360.com/articles/1316104

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James Wing, who chairs an American Bar Association section subcommittee on D&O Liability Insurance, said that the initial Emmis opinion might not have been a fluke at all. Rather, it may reflect an overzealous commitment to textualism on Judge Barrett's part.

"To me, it looked like she adopted this textualist reading of an insurance policy, with all this complexity, and said, I don't care what the rest of the arguments are as a textualist," he said.

He said that she boiled the entire case down to two words — "as reported" — and her strict reading of those words in a vacuum, apart from other established law. But it's fundamental and well-known in insurance law that if a policy is ambiguous, it is interpreted in favor of the policyholder, he and other insurance attorneys said.

"I could very easily imagine a scenario where somebody would say, 'Is this textualist, hyper-literalist interpretation the way you decide cases?'" Wing said. "That's the broader emanation from this. And it's very disturbing."
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Old 10-11-2020, 01:43 PM
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Amy Coney Barrett Is As Cynical As Trump
The SCOTUS nominee has been praised for being kind, but her actions as she tries to secure her seat reveal exactly who she is.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/...character.html
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