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- Amy Coney Barrett & Her Husband, Jesse Barrett, Have Seven Children, Including a Daughter From Haiti Described as Their ‘Miracle’ During her confirmation hearing to the federal bench, Amy Barrett spoke at length about her family and children.
- Jesse Barrett, His Father & Amy Barrett’s Father Belong to a Religious Group Called ‘People of Praise,’ The New York Times Reported. Rhodes College. @RhodesCollege · Follow.
- Barrett Says She Hit the ‘Jackpot’ Marrying Jesse & Coney’s Mother Posts About Religion & Abortion on Facebook. Amy Coney Barrett’s husband, Jesse M. Barrett, is an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana, according to The Commercial Appeal.
- Jesse Barrett Says It’s ‘Humbling’ to Be Married to Amy Coney Barrett. When Amy Barrett was sworn in as a federal judge, her husband Jesse was at her side.
- Who Is Amy Coney Barrett?
- Early Years and Education
- Early Legal Career
- Notre Dame Law Professor
- Seventh Circuit Appeals Court
- Opinions and Interpretations
- Second Amendment Rights
- Immigration
- Stare Decisis
- Abortion
Amy Coney Barrett was a top student at Notre Dame Law School before returning to her alma mater to become a distinguished professor. After three years on the bench for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the conservative judge was nominated by President Donald Trump to replace recently deceased Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgon ...
Barrett was born Amy Vivian Coney on January 28, 1972, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the oldest of seven children. Her father, Mike, worked as an attorney for Shell Oil, while her mother, Linda, was a French teacher. Raisedin the suburban community of Old Metairie, the future judge received a Catholic education at St. Catherine of Siena elementary sch...
Post-graduation, Barrett clerked for Judge Laurence Silberman of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, followed by a year in the same capacity for Supreme Court Associate Justice and conservative icon Antonin Scalia. Barrett joined the prestigious Washington, D.C., law firm of Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin in 1...
Barrett returned to Notre Dame Law School as an assistant professor in 2002, eventually becoming a full-tenured faculty member renowned for her expertise in the subjects of federal courts, constitutional law and statutory interpretation. She was thrice voted Distinguished Professor of the Year and held the Diane and M.O. Miller Research Chair of La...
In May 2017, Barrett was nominatedby President Trump for a seat on U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which covers Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin. The September confirmation hearing made headlines for Democratic attempts to determine whether the nominee would be unduly influenced by her religious beliefs, with California Senator Diane ...
During her three years on the Seventh Circuit bench, Judge Barrett authored approximately 100 opinions that bolstered her reputation as a textualist and originalist in the mold of her mentor, Scalia:
In 2019's Kanter v. Barr, Barrett was the lone voice of dissent in a decision that prohibited a man convicted of a white-collar crime from possessing a firearm. "Founding legislatures did not strip felons of the right to bear arms simply because of their status as felons," she wrote.
Barrett again dissented the following year when Cook County v. Wolfupheld the blockage of Trump's "public charge" rule that made it difficult for immigrants relying on public assistance to earn green cards. Describing the administration's stance as "not unreasonable," Barrett insisted the courts were "not the vehicle" for resolving controversial po...
In a 2013 law review article, Barrett declared that she was not beholden to the doctrine of stare decisis, which asks a court to follow the precedents set in similar cases. "I tend to agree with those who say that a justice's duty is to the Constitutionand that it is thus more legitimate for her to enforce her best understanding of the Constitution...
Barrett's view of stare decisis has fueled critics who believe she intends to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. The pro-life judge has spoken at length on the complexity of the topic, from the wisdom of allowing non-elected judicial appointments to decide the issue to the process of preventing public funding for aborti...
Barrett and her family with President Trump on September 26, 2020 Then-Judge Barrett with her husband, Jesse, in 2018. In 1999, Barrett married fellow Notre Dame Law School graduate Jesse M. Barrett, a partner at SouthBank Legal – LaDue Curran & Kuehn LLC, in South Bend, Indiana, and a law professor at Notre Dame Law School.
Oct 12, 2020 · Amy Coney Barrett. shared some details about her children as a proud mother of seven in her opening statement on the first day of her Senate confirmation hearings on her Supreme Court...
Oct 11, 2020 · But even as the Barretts’ large extended family holds Judge Barrett and her husband, Jesse Barrett, in high personal regard, family members have a wide range of religious and political...
Sep 20, 2020 · Amy Coney Barrett, a judge for the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals based in Chicago, was named Saturday, September 26, as President Donald Trump's pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader...
Apr 6, 2022 · Published on April 6, 2022 10:42AM EDT. Amy Coney Barrett. Photo: Robert Franklin/South Bend Tribune via AP. With Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson 's confirmation to the Supreme Court all but...
