Barrett was my pick. Now, we’d have no allegations, but she’s not an establishment pick. She’s a solid Christian conservative, and the media would work overtime. They’d have women believing she’ll take their birth control and force them to live like the Handmaid’s Tale. They did that with Kavanaugh, but with her, it will be ten times worse.
Barrett is a much better pick to replace Darth Bader Ginsburg. For one thing, she had almost no appellate court track record when Kennedy retired (she had only been on the court since November 2017, I believe). More importantly, the fight over a nominee who will represent such a major shift in the SC will be much more challenging ... and the political optics of the Democrats trying to destroy Barrett would be awful.
Democrats attacking a woman? The sexists!!!
Democrats attacking a woman? The sexists!!!
Coney-Barrett has been a judge for a year or so. She could use more seasoning before being elevated to SCOTUS, IMO.