[20200928]LSB10540_特朗普总统提名艾米·科尼·巴雷特法官：初步观察结果.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i President Trump Nominates Judge Amy Coney Barrett: Initial Observations September 28, 2020 On September 26, 2020, President Trump announced the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This Sidebar provides a few initial observations from Judge Barretts appellate decisions and academic writings, focusing mainly on her general judicial philosophy. CRS is preparing products that discuss Judge Barretts views on the law in greater detail, including her judicial opinions in cases involving such topics as the Second Amendment and immigration. Who Is Judge Barrett? Judge Barrett has been a circuit judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since November 2017, having been nominated by President Trump and confirmed by the Senate earlier that year. Judge Barrett received her law degree from Notre Dame Law School, after which she clerked for Judge Laurence H. Silberman of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and Supreme Court J