⁍ Amy Coney Barrett is a front-runner for the open U.S. Supreme Court seat President Donald Trump is pushing to fill.
⁍ As a judge on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Barrett, 48, has voted in favor of one of Trump’s hardline immigration policies.
⁍ She indicated support for gun rights in a March 2019 dissenting opinion.
– President Trump made his choice for the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Anthony Kennedy: Amy Coney Barrett. The 48-year-old US Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit judge from Chicago “is a favorite among religious conservatives,” reports Reuters, which notes that she has voted against one of Trump’s hardline immigration policies and supported gun rights. Abortion rights groups have expressed concern that Barrett, who was appointed by Ronald Reagan, could help overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that legalized abortion nationwide. She has not ruled directly on abortion as a judge, but she has cast votes signaling opposition to rulings that struck down abortion-related restrictions. One example: In 2016, Indiana passed a law requiring that fetal remains be buried or cremated after an abortion. She was outnumbered but later reinstated the law. In 2019, Barrett voted to rehear a panel’s ruling that upheld a challenge to another Republican-backed Indiana abortion law. The Indiana measure would require that parents be notified when a girl under 18 is seeking an abortion even in situations in which she has asked a court to provide consent instead of her parents. In June, Barrett said in a dissenting opinion that she would have let one of Trump’s hardline immigration policies go forward in Illinois. The litigation was over the ‘public charge’ rule, a policy of denying legal permanent residency to certain immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance in the future. Barrett dissented when a three-judge panel voted to halt the policy in Illinois.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett-rulings-factbox/notable-opinions-of-us-supreme-court-contender-amy-coney-barrett-idUSKCN26B0XG