1、CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Judge Amy Coney Barrett: Selected Primary Material September 28, 2020 On September 26, 2020, President Donald J. Trump announced the nomination of Judge Amy V. Coney Barrett of the United States Court of
2、Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (“Seventh Circuit”) to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court caused by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death on September 18, 2020. This Sidebar contains reference information about Judge Barrett, including a biography; a list of publications she authored or co
3、authored; legislative documentation related to her previous nominations; lists of her written opinions; a list of Supreme Court briefs to which she contributed; and additional resources. Biographical Sketch Judge Barrett was nominated to the Seventh Circuit on May 8, 2017, by President Trump to a se
4、at vacated by Judge John Daniel Tinder. The Senate confirmed Judge Barrett to the seat she currently holds on October 31, 2017. She received her commission on November 2, 2017. Judge Barrett was born in New Orleans, LA, in 1972. She graduated magna cum laude from Rhodes College with a B.A. in 1994 a