Amy Coney Barrett’s Jurisprudence
Overview of Amy Coney Barrett’s Academic and Judicial Record
History has demonstrated the difficulty of predicting how a Supreme Court nominee might affect the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence based on his or her preconfirmation writings and statements. Felix Frankfurter had a reputation as a “progressive” legal scholar prior to his appointment to the court in 1939 but disappointed some early supporters because he advocated judicial restraint and caution when the court reviewed laws that restricted civil rights and civil liberties during World War II and the early Cold War era. …
