On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus a global pandemic, and since then, the world — and the Church — has been turned upside down, as more than 1.5 million people have died from
A divided Senate, in a 52-48 vote, confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as a justice for the Supreme Court the evening of Oct. 26 and soon afterward she was sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas at a White House ceremony.
"The oath that I've
The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve on the Supreme Court will now go to the full Senate for a confirmation vote, which could take place Oct. 29. Only 51 one votes are needed for confirmation.
If confirmed, she will be
In a new essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Mary FioRito writes that with her Senate confirmation hearings finished, Judge Amy Coney Barrett personified what Pope St. John Paul II wrote about in his 1995 Letter to Women, which said: “From the heart
During the two days of questions from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett made a clear distinction between policy preferences and legal precedents.
She also did not give direct answers on how she would vote on top issues but
The Oct. 12 start of the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett had two distinct focuses.
Democratic senators homed in on concern that Barrett's confirmation would lead to a vote to potentially overturn the Affordable Care
Roe v. Wade is at the center of all Supreme Court confirmations — including Amy Coney Barrett’s
Contributing editor Russell Shaw writes that, since the case was decided in 1973, Roe v. Wade has been at the center of the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court justices — including Amy Coney Barrett’s. Shaw writes: “Roe did many things, most of
In an essay for Our Sunday Visitor, Notre Dame law professor Richard Garnett examines the nomination of his friend, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, to the U.S. Supreme Court. Garnett writes: “I have had the privilege and pleasure of knowing Judge Barrett for
Eight days after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump announced Sept. 26 that Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the Chicago-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, is his nominee to fill that
Two Catholic women judges are on the short list of possible candidates to fill the vacant Supreme Court justice seat after the Sept. 18 death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The judges are Amy Coney Barrett, a federal appellate court judge in Chicago,