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Amy Coney Barrett

Tuesday 30th of April 2024

Bullshitters say Everybody's very attentive to those kinds of things. Amy Coney Barrett, denying there's a need for ethical guidelines for Supreme Court justices in cases involving their spouses, weeks after it became known that Justice Clarence Thomas voted in a case involving his wife, just as one expects of him [There is a law specifically prohibiting federal judges from participating in cases involving their spouse. Apparently, Barrett doesn't believe that laws that apply to federal judges also apply to Supreme Court justices.] © 2022 Kwiple.com
Christian right Five years ago, many evangelical voters still felt distaste for Mr Trump's libertine personality. They quickly learned he was the kind of pugilist they wanted. The likely Supreme Court confirmation next week of Amy Coney Barrett, and that of Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch before her are testaments to that. America's Christian right has embraced its inner Vladimir Lenin – the end justifies the means. Edward Luce, Financial Times, October 15, 2020 © 2020 Kwiple.com
Hypocrisy There is a lot of hard-to-explain hypocrisy and rush taking place right now,  and my expeience around politics says that when you find hypocrisy in the daylight, look for power in the shadows. Sheldon Whitehouse, at confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett © 2020 Kwiple.com
Minority rule Minority rule has, in turn, skewed the composition of the Supreme Court. Under Mr. Trump, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh became the first two Supreme Court justices in history to be appointed by a president who lost the popular vote and then be confirmed by senators who  represented less than half the electorate. Amy Coney Barrett is likely to become the third. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, New York Times, October 23, 2020  © 2020 Kwiple.com
Political inequality  Four of nine current Supreme Court justices — Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett — were confirmed by a Senate majority that collectively won a minority of the popular vote in Senate elections and represented less than half of the American population. And three of them — Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Coney Barrett — were also nominated by a president who lost the popular vote. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, Tyranny of the Minority  © 2023 Kwiple.com
 
Political inequality The present Republican Senate majority, which fast-tracked a third Supreme Court Justice to confirmation at a time when 60m had already cast their vote, represents 15m fewer Americans than the Democratic senators on whom they impenitently imposed their will. Sooner or later, these institutional anomalies will be redefined as gross injustices. Simon Schama, Financial Times, October 30, 2020 © 2020 Kwiple.com