died Friday. The others are also federal appellate court judges, Barbara Lagoa from the Eleventh Circuit and Allison Jones Rushing from the Fourth Circuit.
But Barrett has received the most scrutiny so far.“Amy Coney Barrett’s history tells a story of anti-LGBTQ ideology, opposing basic rights thought to be settled law, and an anti-choice ideology out of step with popular opinion,” says an HRC press release issued Tuesday.Barrett is a former law professor at the University of Notre Dame and was a clerk to the late, ultraconservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.