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Amy Vivian Coney Barrett (born January 28, 1972) is an American lawyer and jurist serving since 2020 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. [1] The fifth woman to serve on the court, she was nominated by President Donald Trump .
In the subsequent confirmation vote on the 26th, the Senate voted 52–48 in favor of confirming Amy Coney Barrett as an Associate Justice to the Supreme Court. Senator Collins was the only Republican to vote against the nominee, with all Democrats and both Independents voting against confirming her. [124] [2]
Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, known as the Appointments Clause, empowers the President of the United States to nominate and, with the confirmation (advice and consent) of the United States Senate, appoint public officials, including justices of the Supreme Court.
Amy Coney Barrett, whom President Donald Trump nominated Saturday to succeed Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, is an appeals court judge whose most controversial statements have come in ...
The Senate confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on Monday just days before Election Day, solidifying the conservative majority on the court as it is set to consider several high ...
FILE PHOTO: Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies during the third day of her Senate confirmation hearing to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., October 14, 2020.
The Appointments Clause does not set qualifications for being a Supreme Court justice (e.g. age, citizenship or admission to the bar) nor does it describe the intellectual or temperamental qualities that justices should possess. [5] As a result, each president has had their own criteria for selecting individuals to fill Supreme Court vacancies ...
Amy Coney Barrett is a federal appellate judge and Notre Dame law professor. Barrett was a law clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia and was a finalist for the Supreme Court spot that went to ...