[fortes fortuna juvat]

>>Barrett was a clerk to Silberman and then Scalia. Then she was a law professor.<<

This Barrett woman, in my view, is the judicial equivalent of a Congressional RINO, a stealthy Liberal masquerading as a Conservative. My reason for this conclusion is based on two red flags; (1) she’s said to be a devout Catholic, but the contemporary RCC is notoriously liberal; and (2) she has adopted two orphans from Haiti, a decision that is a quintessential example of “virtue signaling”. “Hey folks, look how progressively liberal I am. I adopted two little Haitian children.” Of course there are thousands of orphans right in in the USA, but . . . well you get the picture.

[apocalypto]

You are right. This is exactly what Barrett had been doing: "virtue signaling," copying Hollywood's celebs. And it never occurred to her to adopt an American orphan.

I've had also other reservations about Barrett.

[Stingray51]

Yeah, I can see that; I mean, I am not sure on the Catholic part because there are a ton of perfectly conservative Catholics despite the Pope and bishops being a horrendous mess; but I do see your point on the Haitian thing. Also, I think that among Catholics, the more politically conservative ones would tend to gravitate towards the traditional, old school liturgy (Latin Mass and so forth - as did Scalia) whereas she is a charismatic, ecumenical group which at least in Catholic circles would be associated with religious seriousness but not necessarily a conservative outlook.