RE: She’s an academic, she doesn’t have a trail of decisions we can look at.
She is NOT MERELY an academic.
She practiced law at Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin in Washington, D.C
She clerked for Scalia himself.
She has been a sitting judge for a year.
And for that matter, Barrett twice received a “distinguished professor of the year” award, in 2010 and 2016 from Notre Dame for teaching constitutional law.
That’s good enough for me.
Well then we agree to disagree
No, she hasn’t been a sitting judge for a year, only since November 2017.
Wow, a whole year? And that's enough in your eyes to be ready for a (hopefully long) lifetime in the most important and influential long-term position on the planet? I'd prefer a bit more than one year's experience on any CV first, even for an assistant manager at Bennigan's.
Call me sexist if you must, but women tend to change too much over time. I've yet to see a consistent conservative female jurist over the long haul. I love the hopefulness of wanting a 46 year old (Hoosier!) female to write exceptionally-crafted Originalist opinions for 4+ decades at SCOTUS, but I do not see it happening.
PLEASE inform me of any that can act as a counter-example to my point here!!