Posted on 10/12/2020 5:49:36 PM PDT by KingofZion
Amy Coney Barrett was a star student in her three years at the University of Notre Dame’s law school, graduating at the top of her class. A few years later she was back as a professor, at age 30. She wore glasses to look more imposing, she said in a talk last year.
One of her students at the time, seeing her standing near the podium, thought she was a classmate. But the impression was quickly dispatched. “The moment she opened her mouth, you know she’s brilliant,” said Patrick Kilbane, now an attorney in Florida.
*** According to students, former students, faculty and others, Judge Barrett has achieved near-legendary status at the university.
Graduating law students named her Distinguished Professor of the Year three times. Her classes—including Constitutional Law, Constitutional Theory and an evidence class featuring clips from the movie “My Cousin Vinny”—always filled quickly. She has continued to teach one class per semester since being named to the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago three years ago.
*** Judge Barrett’s confirmation would be a huge boon for Notre Dame; she would be the only sitting justice not to have a law degree from Harvard or Yale.
The 34 living Supreme Court clerks who clerked at the same time as Ms. Barrett, signed a letter endorsing her nomination for the appeals court. “We are Democrats, Republicans, and independents, and we have diverse points of view on politics, judicial philosophy, and much else,” they wrote to the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Yet we all write to support the nomination of Professor Barrett.”
“Professor Barrett is a woman of remarkable intellect and character,” they wrote. “She is eminently qualified for the job. This view is unanimous—every law clerk from October Term 1998 has joined this letter.”
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Yes.
She is indeed brilliant. A great addition to the Supreme Court. And I love it that she did not go to Yale or Harvard.
More likely to see a piece stating that someone named a .50 cal rifle after her. :-)
And compared to that thing she’s replacing, she’s really easy on the eyes.
Yes.
And then some.
Chuckle.
I am impressed with this lady.
Thanks for posting this article!
l8r
"So what, I'm spooning a Barrett 50 cal, I could kill a building". - Sterling Archer
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2020/12/how-the-barrett-m82-became-the-u-s-militarys-sniper-rifle/
Thanks for getting back to me. LOL! I had to go back to see what we were talking about. 😂
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