Monday, September 28, 2020
36 Law Professors Weigh In On Amy Coney Barrett's Nomination
Jonathan Adler (Case Western; Volokh Conspiracy), What Sort of Justice Should You Want on the Other Side?
- Nick Allard (Former Dean, Brooklyn; Brooklyn Daily Eagle), Goodbye, But Not Farewell, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Helen Alvaré (George Mason; Politico), A Role Model For Women
- William Araiza (Brooklyn; Politico), Roberts Will Be Unbound
- Stephen Bainbridge (UCLA; ProfessorBainbridge.com), The Prospect of an Amy Comey Barrett Nomination to the Supreme Court Has Unhinged Both Right-and-Left Wing Anti-Catholic Bigots
- Josh Blackman (South Texas; Politico), We May Be Looking at the Last New Roberts Court
- Tomiko Brown-Nagin (Harvard; Politico), A Serious Scholar With a Clear Conservative Bent
- Lara Bazelon (San Francisco; NY Times), Amy Coney Barrett Is No Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean, UC-Berkeley; LA Times), Democrats Can’t Stop Amy Coney Barrett’s Confirmation. They Can Show How She Would Take Away Our Rights
- Erwin Chemerinsky (Dean, UC-Berkeley; Politico), Far to the Right of Most in American Society
- John Culhane (Widener; Politico), She Can Be Expected to Tear Down Many Precedents and Protections
- Peggy Cooper Davis (NYU; Politico), It’s Time to Pack the Court
- Daniel Epps (Washington University; Politico), A Predictable Nominee But Perhaps Unpredictable Justice
- Garrett Epps (Baltimore; Twitter), I Ask Honestly Why Any Moral Person Would Take Such a Tainted Nomination
- Noah Feldman (Harvard; Bloomberg), Amy Coney Barrett Deserves to Be on the Supreme Court
- Nicole Garnett (Notre Dame; USA Today), I've Known Amy Coney Barrett For Over 20 Years. Her Intellect and Heart Are Unrivaled.
- Richard Garnett (Notre Dame), Amy Coney Barrett Understands, and Embraces, the Role and Responsibilities of a Judge
- Richard Garnett (Notre Dame), A Personal Case For Justice Amy Coney Barrett
- John Garvey (President, Catholic University; Washington Post), I Taught and Worked With Amy Coney Barrett. Here’s What People Get Wrong About Her Faith.
- Robert George (Princeton; Newsweek), The Case for Amy Coney Barrett
- Howard Gillman (UC-Irvine; Politico), Once Again, the Court Will Be a Conservative Bulwark Against Democratic Forces
- Jamal Greene (Columbia; Politico), She Has Not Been and Will Not Be Subject To a Level of Vetting Appropriate to a Lifetime Appointment
- Edward Hartnett (Seton Hall; Politico), Despite its Flaws, the Judiciary Is Working Better Than the Other Two Branches
- Aziz Huq (Chicago; Politico), She Should Recuse Herself From Playing in a Role in the Election
- Peter Irons (UC-San Diego; Politico), A Patchwork of Pro- and Anti-abortion States
- Renee Knake Jefferson (Houston; Politico), The Country Should Not, and Need Not, Rely Upon One Justice to Preserve and Secure the Rights We Hold Dear
- Anna Law (CUNY; Politico), A Vehicle For the GOP’s Exercise of Raw Power
- Michael McConnell (Stanford; NPR), Amy Coney Barrett, Front-Runner For Supreme Court Nomination
- Richard Pildes (Harvard; Politico), To Talk About What Amy Coney Barrett Would Mean For This Issue or That Issue Is To Miss the True Historical Significance Of This Appointment
- Saikrishna Prakash (Virginia; Politico), She Will Surprise Her Critics and Fans
- Ediberto Roman (Florida International; Politico), An Incongruous Successor to RBG
- Ilya Shapiro (George Mason; Politico), She Will Likely Move the Supreme Court in a Principled Direction
- David Skeel (Penn; Twitter), A Few Thoughts on Judge Amy Coney Barrett and the Criticisms of Her Religious Life and How She Arrived at This Moment
- Robert Tsai (American; Politico), Samuel Alito Will Become the Median Justice
- Mark Tushnet (Harvard; Politico), Over Time, She Will Swing the Court to the Right
- Kimberly Wehle (Baltimore; Politico), She Is the Wrong Choice For America Right Now
- Keith Whittington (Princeton; Volokh Conspiracy), The Originalist Context of Amy Coney Barrett
- Mary Ziegler (Florida State; Politico), Kavanaugh Is Now the Swing Justice When It Comes to Abortion
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Comments
Notice all those articles coming out within a couple of days after Barrett's nomination was announced. I seemed to recall that in the 1950s and 1960s that, with the exception of Abe Fortas (a crook nominated by LBJ), nominees sailed through with hardly a whisper of controversy. This current fuss is what happens when the Supreme Court takes on the role of a super-legislature, one that can't be voted out and never admits to mistakes. Nominating a new justice becomes like electing a new president.
Posted by: Mike Perry | Sep 28, 2020 11:31:17 AM
What's a shame is I don't have to read any of these comments to know the vast majority don't like her. They wouldn't like her under any circumstances.
Posted by: Dale Spradling | Sep 29, 2020 4:47:24 AM