USA Today: How Amy Coney Barrett emerged as the Supreme Court justice to watch
This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on July 11, 2024.
“I don’t think anybody necessarily expected Amy Coney Barrett to be as distinctive as she has been so early in her term,” said Rakim Brooks, president of the liberal Alliance for Justice. “But she’s going to be, to my mind, the person to look out for in the future.”
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But Brooks, of the Alliance for Justice, said Roberts may increasingly need to negotiate with Barrett if he needs a fifth vote on closely divided cases.
“She seems to be striking Sandra Day O’Connor’s path, which is to be independent of her conservative brethren on some important questions, at least beginning to articulate her own philosophy,” Brooks said. “And I think that’s refreshing.”