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Washington – Amy Coney Barrett, 48, with seven children, two of whom were adopted from Haiti, a fiercely anti-life fundamentalist Catholic, appears to be the favorite to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg among the nine members of the Supreme Court. Barrett’s name had emerged as early as July 2018 among the four finalist candidates for the position to resign Anthony Kennedy. Donald Trump would have gladly nominated her, but she resigned after his advisers verified that the magistrate would not pass Senate scrutiny, due to opposition from moderate Republicans Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine).. In that phase the Republicans controlled the upper branch of Congress with only two seats (51 to 49) and therefore the “no” of Murkowski and Collins would have been decisive. Ultimately, the president elected Brett Kavanaugh and let him know that he “wanted to save Barrett for the Ginsburg job.”
In 2017, Trump still appointed her a judge on the Chicago-based Seventh District Court of Appeals. Now it seems the time has come to make the leap to the Supreme Court. The majority of the Republicans in the Senate are more numerous (53 to 47) and Trump has an interest in turning the electoral campaign into an ideological and “momentous” clash between “patriots who defend tradition” and “socialists who are enemies of American identity.” . The Coney Barrett figure would fit the bill. Born in New Orleans, the first of seven children. The father was a lawyer for Shell, the mother looked after the family. Amy, a model student since elementary school, has built a solid legal background and graduated with honors from Notre Dame, Indiana, School of Law. Start as a judicial assistant in Washington. First in the Court of Appeal, then, for a year, in the Supreme Court, under the authority of Justice Antonin Scalia, from whom he absorbed the principles of the “originalist doctrine”: the Constitution must be applied to the letter, not interpreted according to the the spirit of the age.
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In the early 2000s, Amy alternated between being a lawyer and a university professor, returning to Notre Dame Law School. During this period, her legal-cultural vision matured, joining a Pro Vida association and becoming known for her severe anti-abortion position. Thoroughly analyze and criticize the Roe v. Wade, who has authorized abortion in the United States since 1973. She maintains that the time has come for the Supreme Court to change it, if not abolish it entirely. This would be enough to explain the impact of his appointment on the orientation of the Supreme Court and, therefore, on American society and politics.
Trump is also considering another less disruptive candidacy: Barbara Lagoa, 52, born in Miami, the daughter of Cuban immigrants., federal judge in Atlanta. Lagoa is also a conservative magistrate, but with a softer focus than Barrett’s. It is no coincidence that the Senate ratified his appointment with a cross vote: 80 in favor against 15 against.. Amy Coney Barrett, on the other hand, went through a much narrower margin: 55 to 43.
September 20, 2020 (change September 20, 2020 | 13:45)
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