Exclusive: Justice Amy Coney Barrett defends overturning Roe v. Wade and reveals Supreme Court dynamics in new book
Nothing much new for me from reading this article--she is a dangerous women to families and women IMHO
Exclusive: Justice Amy Coney Barrett defends overturning Roe v. Wade and reveals Supreme Court dynamics in new book
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/02/politics/amy-coney-barrett-book-supreme-court-abortion?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
By Joan Biskupic , CNN Chief Supreme Court Analyst
18 hr ago
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in a new memoir defends her vote reversing a half century of national abortion rights, declaring that Roe v. Wade usurped the will of the American people and “came at a cost.”
“(T)he Court’s role is to respect the choices that the people have agreed upon, not to tell them what they should agree to,” Barrett writes in “Listening to the Law,” set to be published on September 9.
CNN obtained access to Barrett’s memoir, in which the justice also takes on religious bias and details her decision-making process, revealing that her chambers once celebrated with champagne when other justices joined a “particularly tricky” opinion of hers.
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Her 2020 appointment to the vacancy created by the death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg set in motion the 5-4 end of Roe v. Wade.
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She reportedly secured a $2 million advance for her book published on the conservative Sentinel imprint of Penguin Random House. Barrett declined requests from CNN for an interview.
............... So far, the conservative supermajority – which Barrett’s appointment sealed – has provided scant checks on his aggressive agenda. .................................
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