Amy Barrett
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The Rushed Confirmation of Amy Barrett
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Today, President Trump nominated 7th Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. As previously reported, any of the potential replacements would move the ideological center of the Supreme Court to the right. Importantly, while the rightward shift of the center of the…
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Replacing Ginsburg Will Pull Court Right
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The passing of renowned liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday Sept. 18 immediately sparked a heated conflict over her potential successor. The current Supreme Court is ideologically split, and Supreme Court justices receive lifetime appointments, so Justice Ginsburg’s successor will likely decide our generation’s most defining issues.…