When Justice Professor Merged With Justice Barrett

When Justice Professor Merged With Justice Barrett

For many years, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a professor and an advocate. She had written and litigated extensively on many constitutional law issues, including sex discrimination and abortion. When Ginsburg became a circuit court judge, and then a Supreme Court justice, no one would have expected her to abandon all of her views on constitutional law. Of course she insisted during her confirmation hearing that she would approach issues with an open m…

Barrett challenges Thomas in sharp concurrence over plea deal appeal waivers

The Supreme Court ruled 8, 1 in Hunter v. United States that appeal waivers in criminal plea deals are generally enforceable, but not when enforcing them would produce a “miscarriage of justice.” Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the majority in full, then wrote a separate concurrence aimed squarely at the lone dissenter: Justice Clarence Thomas....