Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court

On Sept. 26, President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and become the 115th justice of the Supreme Court. Here is a collection of resources about Barrett’s nomination.

Background & process

• Profile of Amy Coney Barrett (Amy Howe)
• The Senate confirmation battle, explained (Katie Barlow)
• Supreme Court vacancies in presidential election years (Amy Howe)

Barrett’s opinions, writings and speeches

• All of Barrett’s judicial opinions on the 7th Circuit
• Major writings:
  • Letter to Synod Fathers from Catholic Women (Oct. 1, 2015 – signatory)
  • Reflection for the Notre Dame Lawyer (Oct. 1, 2008) 
  • The Supervisory Power of the Supreme Court (2006)
  • Catholic Judges in Capital Cases (1998)
  • On precedent:
    • Originalism and Stare Decisis (July 2017)
    • Congressional Originalism (Oct. 2016)
    • Precedent and Jurisprudential Disagreement (2013) 
    • Statutory Stare Decisis (Apr. 2, 2008) 
    • Statutory Stare Decisis in the Courts of Appeals (2005)
    • Stare Decisis and Due Process (2003)
• Speeches:
  • All speeches for the Federalist Society
  • “We’re All Textualists Now? Implementing a Sound Interpretive Approach on the Trial Court and Beyond” (Aug. 12, 2020)
  • “How Women Have Shaped the Judiciary” (Jan. 24, 2020)
  • Judge for GW Law moot court competition (Feb. 3, 2020)
  • “Why, or Why Not, Be an Originalist?” (Nov. 15, 2019)
  • “The Constitution as Our Story” (Oct. 17, 2019)
  • Judge for William & Mary Law moot court on Bostock v. Clayton County (Oct 1., 2019)
  • “Assorted Canards of Contemporary Analysis Redux” (Sept. 19, 2019)
  • “Reflections on Judging” (May 21, 2019)
  • “A Conversation with Judges Thapar and Barrett” (March 28, 2019)

Nomination materials

• American Bar Association determination of Barrett’s judicial rating
• Barrett’s responses to Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire
• Barrett’s opening statement to Senate Judiciary Committee (as prepared for delivery)
• Barrett’s responses to questions from committee members
• Barrett’s financial disclosures:
  • 2019 (filed July 30, 2020)
  • 2018 (filed June 5, 2019)
  • 2017 (filed May 8, 2017; covers Jan. 1 — April 25, 2017)
• Documents from Barrett’s 2017 confirmation to the 7th Circuit:
  • Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire
  • Responses to questions from Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.)
  • Responses to questions from Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
  • Responses to questions from Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
  • Responses to questions from Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)
  • Responses to questions from Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii)