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The Case for Amy Coney Barrett
September 22, 2020 Uncategorized

The Case for Amy Coney Barrett

Last week, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court, died at age 87 of pancreatic cancer. High on President Trump’s list of Supreme Court candidates, and often mentioned as a likely candidate to replace Justice Ginsburg, is Appellate Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett. President Trump would be well served to nominate Barrett. [ Read More ]

No Social Transformation without Representation: What We the People Should Expect in a Nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States
April 18, 2016 Politics and Public Life

No Social Transformation without Representation: What We the People Should Expect in a Nominee for the Supreme Court of the United States

The British cultural critic G. K. Chesterton once noted, “Seemingly from the dawn of man all nations have had governments, and all nations have been ashamed of them.” What is true of “all nations” in relation to their governments is true of many “Americans” in relation to the Supreme Court majority.
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