Judge Coney
Barrett has been on Trump's list of potential lists since 2017.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett's name has popped up each
time President Trump has had to pick a new Supreme Court nominee, and there is once again buzz
about Coney Barrett since Trump may choose to nominate a replacement for the
late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Coney Barrett, 48, has been on Trump's list of potential
nominees since 2017. Picking her would keep the male-female ratio on the
Court the same, although it would throw off the balance of liberals and
conservatives among the justices.
Coney Barrett began teaching at Notre Dame Law
School in 2002 before being confirmed as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Seventh Circuit.
Her 2017 confirmation to the federal bench was contentious, with several Democratic senators questioning whether her Catholic faith — expressed in prior speeches — would influence her jurisprudence.
"The dogma lives loudly within you, and that's a
concern," Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said.
Barrett responded; "It's never appropriate for
a judge to impose that judge's personal convictions, whether they arise from
faith or anywhere else, on the law."
Barrett was a former law clerk for the late Justice
Antonin Scalia from 1998 to 1999. She and her husband, Jesse Barrett, have
seven children.
Coney Barrett was reportedly one of six candidates interviewed by Trump to replace retiring Justice
Anthony Kennedy in 2018. Trump chose now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Other contenders for Trump's nomination include Judge Britt
Grant, Judge Amul Thapar and Judge Steve Colloton.
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