Amy Coney Barrett: ‘The Supreme Court Justice To Watch’

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I don’t think anybody necessarily expected Amy Coney Barrett to be as distinctive as she has been so early in her term. But she’s going to be, to my mind, the person to look out for in the future.

— Rakim Brooks, president of the Alliance for Justice, in comments given to USA Today on Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s track record on the Supreme Court thus far. “She seems to be striking Sandra Day O’Connor’s path, which is to be independent of her conservative brethren on some important questions, at least beginning to articulate her own philosophy,” he continued. “And I think that’s refreshing.”

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