the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Washington DC, the Senate began its confirmation hearings this morning for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s nominee for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Just yesterday, the nonpartisan American Bar Association (ABA) gave Judge Barrett its highest rating of “well qualified” in a letter sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senate Democrats have called the ABA the “gold standard” in rating judicial nominees.
Judge Barrett’s outstanding recordmakes her the perfect candidate for the Court:
She graduated top of her class from Notre Dame Law School and clerked for the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
She has extensive experience across private practice, academia, and public service, including 3 years on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
She has earned widespread bipartisan respect, such as when every full-time member of Notre Dame Law School faculty wrote in support of her confirmation to the Circuit Court in 2017. She has taught at the law school since 2002.
As a mother of 7, Judge Barrett would bring an important perspective as the first mother of school-aged children ever to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Most important, as a federal judge, Barrett has already worked faithfully to uphold our Constitution as written. “Judges are not policymakers, and they must be resolute in setting aside any policy views they might hold,” Judge Barrett said upon accepting President Trump’s nomination for the Court last month.
Can’t wait until she’s confirmed so she can repeal the ACA , and totally get rid of Obama’s legacy. The only thing left from the Obama administration will be perverts being able to use any bathroom, and crappy school lunches.
The democrats polled that going hard against ACB on abortion was a loser, so they decided to go hard against her on Obamacare.
They are correct however that the hearings are a farce – THEY MADE IT A FARCE – by grandstanding on political issues and anti-Trump diatribes rather than actually vetting ACB to see if she is qualified to sit on the court.
Shameful. (but not surprising)
ACA my ass. My overall medical expenses skyrocketed after it became law. Deductibles, Co-Payments, FSA limits. Don’t even get me started on grown-assed adults (up to 26) being covered by my insurance. It’s no wonder we have a generation of young adults that act like children.
Dems look like first year law students vs Barrett. She blew them away when confirmed she didn’t have any notes to ref for her answers. Barrett smartest person in the room by a long shot
She was Very Very Very impressive.
EXACTLY the type of person you would want to sit on the Supreme Court.
Saw her on teevee last night.
Her voice was like nails on a chalkboard…..
She was fencing with Ms Feinstein. Feinstein wasn’t having any of it…but there wasn’t much she could do.
ACB… smartest person in the room by far.