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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., April 4, 2022. Amy Coney Barrett has been a firm member of the conservative Supreme Court supermajority she cemented four years ago on issues ranging from abortion to guns, but her latest opinions reflect an increasing willingness to occasionally step away from that bloc.(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Justice Amy Coney Barrett defies ‘far right’ predictions, stakes out a more moderate role

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, and Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Supreme Court says public officials can block social media followers in some cases

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett, left, and Sonia Sotomayor speak with retired U.S. Appeals Court Judge Thomas Griffith, not shown, during a panel discussion at the winter meeting of the National Governors Association, Feb. 23, 2024 in Washington. In joint appearances less than three weeks apart, ideologically opposite Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Sonia Sotomayor said a Supreme Court where voices don’t get raised in anger can be a model for the rest of the country in these polarized times. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Supreme Court Justices Barrett and Sotomayor, ideological opposites, unite to promote civility

By Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst - Associated Press

Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Connecticut high court nominee regrets signing 2017 letter supporting Amy Coney Barrett

By Dave Collins - Associated Press

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., Monday, April 4, 2022. On Friday, May 13, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming Barrett cited a need for a “domestic supply of infants” in a leaked draft opinion for a decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Liberals weaponizing Christianity against justices, political appointees

By Billy Hallowell

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks to an audience at the 30th anniversary of the University of Louisville McConnell Center in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Publishing staffers call for end to Amy Coney Barrett’s book deal

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the student debt relief portal beta test in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Supreme Court refuses to block Biden’s student loan forgiveness plans

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Protesters outfitted as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale" are shown here demonstrating outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett in Falls Church, Va., on May 11, 2022. Photo by Douglas Blair courtesy of the Daily Signal.

Protester says Amy Coney Barrett, who gave birth five times, doesn’t understand pregnancy

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett smiles after a public conversation with Board of Trustees Chairman Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Justice Amy Coney Barrett likens heckler to a child, talks high court at Reagan Library

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks with Board of Trustees Chairman Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., Monday, April 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

With divisive cases coming, Barrett says ‘Read the opinion’

By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

Facebook lifts ban on conservative children’s publisher Heroes of Liberty, blames ‘error’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Supreme Court justices silent on religious freedom Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Kavanaugh, Barrett’s silence degrades religious freedom

By Tom Basile

U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett speaks to an audience at the 30th anniversary of the University of Louisville McConnell Center in Louisville, Ky., Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

‘Hyper vigilant’: Justice Amy Coney Barrett worried over partisan perception of Supreme Court

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn - Associated Press

This file photo provided by New Mexico State University shows a nurse administering a vaccine to a student a walk in clinic at Corbett Center in Las Cruces, New Mexico. May 13, 2021. As many colleges and universities are requiring students to be vaccinated this fall, some students are pushing back in court. Students at Rutgers University in New Jersey, for example, filed a federal lawsuit on August 16, 2021, arguing they shouldn't be required to take COVID-19 vaccine shots. (Josh Bachman/New Mexico State University via AP) **FILE**

Students challenge COVID-19 vaccine mandate at Rutgers

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this June 20, 2019, file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington as a storm rolls in. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defense. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Supreme Court to take up right to carry gun for self-defense

By MARK SHERMAN - Associated Press

Amy Coney Barrett, husband sell their longtime Indiana home

Associated Press

President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to her on the South Lawn of the White House White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Barrett was confirmed to be a Supreme Court justice by the Senate earlier in the evening. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Amy Coney Barrett riles conservatives with moderate rulings

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020 file photo, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Supreme Court justice Amy Coney Barrett has delivered her first opinion. The 7-2 decision released Thursday is in a case about the federal Freedom of Information Act, which Barrett explains makes “records available to the public upon request, unless those records fall within one of nine exemptions.” Barrett wrote for the court that certain draft documents do not have to be disclosed under FOIA. The 11-page opinion comes in the first case Barrett heard after joining the court in late October following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Justice Stephen Breyer and Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivers 1st opinion

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

In this Oct. 14, 2020, photo, Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) **FILE**

Amy Coney Barrett’s debut opinion blocks environmentalists’ access to EPA documents

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times