⁍ Amy Coney Barrett, 48, was appointed by Trump to the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017.
⁍ She has proven reliably conservative in that post.
⁍ Abortion rights groups have expressed concern that Barrett would vote to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.
– President Trump has chosen his nominee to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, Reuters reports. Amy Coney Barrett, a 48-year-old federal appeals court judge from Chicago, was introduced by Trump at a White House ceremony Saturday. “I love the United States and I love the United States Constitution,” Barrett said. “A judge must apply the law as written. Judges are not policy makers.” Barrett, a devout Catholic, was appointed by Trump to the Chicago-based 7th US Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017. She has not yet ruled directly on abortion, but she has signaled opposition to rulings that struck down Republican-backed Indiana abortion-related restrictions—one in 2018 requiring fetal remains to be buried or cremated after an abortion, the other in 2019 involving parental notification for minors seeking an abortion— voting to have those decisions reconsidered. She also authored a ruling making it easier for college students accused of campus sexual assaults to sue their institutions. Abortion rights groups have expressed concern that Barrett would vote to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-barrett-profile/us-supreme-court-nominee-barrett-has-staked-out-conservative-positions-idUSKBN26H11E