[AnotherUnixGeek]

If she is confirmed, she would move the court slightly but firmly to the right

If (and it's a big if, given the inconsistency of "conservative" SC jurists over the last 50 years) she votes consistently as a conservative, Barrett would eliminate John Roberts' role as swing vote and finally, at long last, cement a conservative majority on the court.

Given the Reagan, Bush I and Bush II presidencies, conservatives should have been able to count on a solid majority for decades, but O'Connor, Souter, Kennedy and now Roberts doomed that effort. Conservatives have done their job supporting these presidents and their SC choices only to be let down and betrayed again and again. Barrett better be worth the support. Same goes for Gorsuch and Kavanaugh - given what they went through and what conservatives had to go through in support of them, we need much better from them than Gorsuch's transgender legislation-from-the-bench.

[Alberta's Child]

I’ve long passed the point where I have any confidence in GOP Supreme Court nominees.

To me, the ACB nomination is more about politics than anything else — meaning, how badly will the Democrats damage themselves by attacking her?

That’s it.

[Bratch]

Reflections on Judging: A Conversation with Amy Coney Barrett

In depth discussion about her judicial philosophy. She's an originalist.