Posted on 09/25/2020 10:55:03 PM PDT by Helicondelta
ABORTION
Although Barrett has not ruled directly on abortion as a judge, she has cast votes signaling opposition to rulings that struck down abortion-related restrictions. Abortion rights groups have expressed concern that Barrett could help overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
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GUN RIGHTS
Barrett indicated support for expansive gun rights in a March 2019 opinion dissenting from a 7th Circuit ruling regarding gun ownership by people convicted of serious crimes.
She was part of a three-judge panel that considered a challenge to a federal law that bars people convicted of felonies from owning firearms. A businessman who had pleaded guilty to mail fraud argued that the law violated the U.S. Constitution as applied to him.
The two other judges, both appointed by Republican President Ronald Reagan, said the federal law and a similar Wisconsin one were constitutional.
In a dissent, Barrett wrote that, absent evidence that the man was violent, permanently disqualifying him from owning a gun violated the Constitution's Second Amendment, which guarantees the right to keep and bear arms.
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IMMIGRATION
In June, Barrett said in a dissenting opinion that she would have let one of Trump's hardline immigration policies go forward in Illinois.
The litigation was over the "public charge" rule, a policy of denying legal permanent residency to certain immigrants deemed likely to require government assistance in the future.
Barrett dissented when a three-judge 7th Circuit panel voted to halt the policy in Illinois.
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I think she’ll be an excellent justice.
She’s a great choice and will be an outstanding SCOTUS Justice.
if this is correct, it’s encouraging
Hey loony left: Elections have CONSEQUENCES!!
Next time you lose (and you WILL), lick your wounds for a couple of weeks then find something positive to offer the country.
We’ve taken note of your skill in destroying everything - maybe you’d like to try a different course????
It’s not just the ruling. Look at the way she approaches the cases, and her logic.
Compare to say a Sotomeyer, who is so all over the place that even where her ruling is correct, how she got there is often an abomination of mush.
ACB is an originalist, much like scalia who she clerked for.
She definitely has the legal smarts to be on the court, unlike some other justices like the wise latina
“Barrett indicated support for expansive gun rights in a March 2019 opinion dissenting from a 7th Circuit ruling regarding gun ownership by people convicted of serious crimes.”
I believe the truth is that she opposed blanket bans on gun ownership for those convicted of felonies no matter the seriousness of that felony. Reuters wants people to equate “serious crimes” with violent crimes.
She’s the one!
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