Barrett Does Not Consider Roe v. Wade 'Super-Precedent'
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We ran the numbers: There are 3100 news articles covering this topic. 24% (728) are left leaning, 39% (1212) are center, and 37% (1160) are right leaning.
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has been unwilling to make a commitment on how she would rule on major cases of the Affordable Care Act: abortion and election disputes. While left-leaning articles highlight that Barrett said she had no firm views on climate change, right-leaning articles highlight that Barrett said Roe v. Wade doesn’t count as a “super precedent” because “calls for its overruling have never ceased.”
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that Barrett said she had no firm views on climate change. Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala D. Harris, who is known as one of the fiercest questioners on the Democrats’ side of the Judiciary Committee, refrained from taking an aggressive tone with Barrett, and stuck mainly to questions about Barrett’s views on the Affordable Care Act.
NPR published a centrist article reporting that Barrett has left hints to her leanings on the topic of abortion, as when Barrett was a University of Notre Dame Law School professor, she signed an ad that stated, “It’s time to put an end to the barbaric legacy of Roe v. Wade.” Barrett stated at the confirmation hearing that she does not define Roe v. Wade to be a “super-precedent.”
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Barrett said Roe v. Wade doesn’t count as a “super precedent” because “calls for its overruling have never ceased.” Barrett has cited the “Ginsburg rule” in refusing to answer how she would rule on hypotheticals, including if an abortion case came before the Supreme Court.
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