As justices confront harassment, death threats and an assassination attempt, Barrett declares "I'm not afraid"

As justices confront harassment, death threats and an assassination attempt, Barrett declares “I’m not afraid”

Whenever Justice Amy Coney Barrett arrived at an auditorium or a library or a university last month to discuss her new book, she encountered a familiar sight: protesters. They lined the streets, chanting and carrying signs. One wore a handmaid’s costume, a symbol of oppression. Another was dressed as liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,…

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett says the law isn't an "opinion poll" as Supreme Court faces longshot bid to revisit same-sex marriage

Justice Amy Coney Barrett defends reversal of Roe v. Wade, and more moments from her first TV interview

Washington — Justice Amy Coney Barrett spoke with CBS News senior correspondent Norah O’Donnell for her first television interview since joining the Supreme Court in October 2020, responding to criticism that the Supreme Court is allowing President Trump to expand the bounds of executive power and discussing the attacks waged on the federal judiciary. Selected…

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett responds to criticism that the Supreme Court is allowing Trump to expand his power

Justice Amy Coney Barrett responds to criticism that the Supreme Court is allowing Trump to expand his power

Amy Coney Barrett had been teaching full-time for nearly two decades, at Notre Dame’s campus in South Bend, Indiana, until she was selected by President Donald Trump, in 2020, to serve on the Supreme Court. Now, she’s traded the classroom for the courtroom, although she continues to teach a weeklong seminar on Constitutional Law.  In…

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett says she has "great respect" for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson despite their "spirited" opinions

Justice Amy Coney Barrett says she has “great respect” for Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson despite their “spirited” opinions

Washington — Justice Amy Coney Barrett said she sharply responded to a dissenting opinion from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in a recent ruling on nationwide injunctions because Jackson had made a “spirited argument” that “merited a spirited response.” Barrett discussed the majority opinion she authored in a conversation with CBS News senior correspondent Norah O’Donnell,…

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett says the law isn't an "opinion poll" as Supreme Court faces longshot bid to revisit same-sex marriage

Justice Amy Coney Barrett says the law isn’t an “opinion poll” as Supreme Court faces longshot bid to revisit same-sex marriage

Washington — Justice Amy Coney Barrett said that the Supreme Court “should not be imposing its own values on the American people,” as the high court faces a longshot bid to revisit its decade-old landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage. In her first television interview since joining the Supreme Court in October 2020, Barrett told CBS…

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