Amy Coney Barrett Is Looking Beyond the Trump Era
Justice Amy Coney Barrett is playing the long game. In this week’s “Interesting Times,” she walks us through the current court’s most controversial rulings, why she believes that her originalist interpretations are resistant to ideological pressures and why she’s not comfortable thinking of herself as a cultural icon.
02:19 - Balancing the personal and the professional
11:45 - The theory and practice of originalism
18:00 - Why was Roe. v. Wade overruled?
27:19 - Stare Decisis and Overruling Decisions
35:29 - “Judges are human and judges are fallible.”
42:49 - The Supreme Court is taking the…
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