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Original title: Background to the news: Amy Barrett, United States Supreme Court nominee
Background to the news: Amy Barrett, nominee to the United States Supreme Court
The President of the United States, Trump, announced at the White House on the 26th that Amy Barrett (Amy Barrett) was nominated as a Supreme Court Justice to replace the vacancy left by the late Justice Ginsberg.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong “>
On September 26 local time, the President of the United States, Trump, announced at the White House that Amy Coney Barrett (Amy Coney Barrett) was nominated as a Supreme Court Justice. Barrett, 48, is considered a conservative judge Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong
Who is Amy Barrett? Why could a 48-year-old white judge from the southern United States be the new judge? “Law professor”, “young” and “conservative” can be used as labels to understand this possible future justice.
Barrett was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in January 1972, the oldest daughter in the family. Her father was a lawyer for an oil company. The resume released by the White House shows that Barrett graduated from the University of Notre Dame School of Law with first place in the class and later served as a law professor at her alma mater, focusing on constitutional interpretation. She was nominated by Trump to serve as a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2017.
In just four years, Barrett completed the “triple jump” of his career from law professor to Federal Court of Appeals judge to be nominated by a Supreme Court justice.
According to the Associated Press analysis, Barrett and former White House legal adviser McGahn are alumni, with the latter recommending Trump to become a possible federal judge when Trump took office. At the time, he had little visibility across the country. However, Barrett’s calm response to acute problems at the federal judge’s nomination hearing in 2017 attracted Trump’s attention.
The New York Times noted that if Barrett’s nomination is approved, she will become the 115th judge in United States history and the fifth woman in Supreme Court history.
Barrett believes in Catholicism and is opposed to abortion. She and her husband Jesse Barrett have five children and the youngest has Down syndrome. They also adopted two Afro-descendant children from Haiti.
“The president invited me to serve as the ninth judge. I happen to be used to being a member of the group of nine, my family,” Barrett said as he accepted the nomination and gave a speech at the White House on the 26th.
On the issue of abortion rights, Barrett has said that he does not believe that abortion or abortion rights will change, but that some related restrictions will change. “The question is how much freedom the Supreme Court is willing to allow states to restrict abortion.”
“The Wall Street Post” commented that Barrett is an “extremely conservative jurist.” The newspaper believes that Barrett’s previous views indicate that he may vote for more restrictions on the right to abortion after entering the Supreme Court.
In the late 1990s, Barrett served as an assistant to the late Justice Scalia. Scalia is known as the “standard bearer” of the American conservative legal movement. Barrett viewed Scalia as a “mentor.”
In a speech at the White House, Barrett recalled his experience working for Scalia more than 20 years ago, “That experience still resonates with me. His judicial philosophy (Scarlia) is also mine: The judge must act according to written law. Judges are not responsible for formulating policies, they must decisively set aside any political point of view they may have ”.
Barrett also paid tribute to Ginsberg. She said that while Scalia and Ginsberg had serious differences in the ruling, it did not prevent the two from maintaining a warm and rich personal friendship. “These two great Americans showed that even if the issue is important, discussions will not destroy the relationship. In my personal and professional life, I have also tried to meet this standard.”
There is no term limit for justices, and Barrett’s appointment will bring the ratio of “conservative” to “liberal” Supreme Court justices to 6: 3. If appointed, she will become the youngest magistrate today. , which will affect the ideological pattern of the United States Supreme Court for decades to come.
“Whether it’s short term or long term, I don’t imagine the road ahead is easy.” Barrett said, “I assure you that I will meet the challenge with humility and courage.” (End)
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