Distinguished US Court of Appeals Judge in Headlines

“It is never appropriate for a judge to impose that judge’s personal convictions, whether they arise from faith or anywhere else, on the law” — Amy Coney Barrett

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rofile in brief without prejudice

Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s credentials include having been

• a distinguished Juris Doctor and Executive Editor of the Notre Dame Law Review,
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• an accomplished law school professor, and
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• United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Supreme Court of the United States (1998–1999) law clerk (Judge Laurence Silberman and Justice Antonin Scalia respectively), private practice attorney (Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Washington, D.C.)

After several years of teaching at the University of Notre Dame Law School, Amy Coney Barrett was named Professor of Law (2015) and held the Diane and M.O. Miller Research Chair of Law (2014-2017).

In earlier years Coney was Phi Beta Kappa and a magna cum laude (Rhodes College) graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature (irrelevantly, I too received a firm undergraduate foundation at a Presbyterian College in TennesseeJ).

Reaching the pinnacle of her career, Amy Coney Barrett accepted the U.S. Executive nomination and U.S. Senate confirmation of her appointment to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She received her commission in November 2017, and serves currently.

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udge Barrett is in broadcast and print headlines for supposedly being on U.S. President Donald Trump’s “shortlist” of potential nominees for the seat left vacant by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court of the United States.

Profile Source

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Coney_Barrett

Insight Beyond Today’s News, CLB