Donald Trump’s choice to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal icon who died in September. Ginsburg was well known for defending the rights of women, LGBTQ+ people, and marginalized groups in general.Barrett has criticized Obergefell v.
Hodges, the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that established marriage equality nationwide. She has said the matter should have been decided by individual states through the legislative process — which would result in a patchwork of laws, with same-sex marriages legal in some states and not others.
Two conservative justices on the high court, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, recently said they would like to see Obergefell overturned.Democratic Sen.