amy comey barrett. as well as the woman from florida. barbara lagoya. amy comey barrett is a woman the president already nominated to the 7th circuit. she had her face being brought up in the nomination process. you are exactly right. that is something to focus on. she has been through the fire. we know whoever gets selected and has to go through the confirmation process will have to have a spine of steel and nerves of steel. she has been through a little bit of that. during her confirmation for the 7th circuit. she is known as a devout catholic and senator feinstein said the dogma lives loudly in you.
in head first at least at this point into this national debate. they re only going to take the cases when they feel like they have to. so for example, with this indiana law, the court was dealing with today, they only resolved the first question where the lower courts had been divided. they don t jump in on the second question, where the 7th circuit, the federal appeals court for indiana had been the first court to address the matter. i think the short answer to your question is not until we see a split among the lower courts or a decision upholding one of these aggressive new restrictions from alabama, from missouri, et cetera. but the second part, steve, that the court did not take up, which thomas says we will quote soon need to confront as jim points out is fundamental here in the debate. it is what is a woman s sole motivation for getting an abortion, and can that motivation be viewed as discriminatory if it s based on a fetus s disability or sex or
don t seem to understand. i was not working in the he was in the pass pass couaden courthouse in california with ten or court of appeals judges in that courthouse. i of course was working in washington, d.c. when you did see and talk with judge compakosinski, what of things did you talk about? we were among the 12 co-authors of the brian garner led book on judicial precedent. so for several years that was a project all of us the 12 of us i guess it was this total were working on that, including diane wood, chief judge of the 7th circuit, justice gorsuch wa. and justice kennedy had had judge compakosinski run kennedyw clerk hiring process. and in the course of that process, i would have
that s what a lot of people don t seem to understand. i was not working in the courthouse. he was in the pasadena courthouse in california, a small courthouse with ten other court of appeals judges in that courthou courthouse. i, of course, was working in washington, d.c.. when you did see and talk with judge kazinski, what types of things did you talk about? we were among the 12 co-authors of the brian-garner led book on just terrible precedent. so for several years, that was a problem. all of us were the 12 of us i guess if toll were working on that, judge dianne wood a chief judge of the 7th circuit. justice gorsuch was a co-author, so we worked on that as a group. justice kennedy for the last 30 years had had judge kazinski run justice kennedy s hiring process. in the course of that process, i
ten years possibly longer. also clerked for kennedy, university of michigan is a fine law school. also wrote a book recently about leadership that i think was well done and attracted a lot of attention. he would also do a fine job as associate justice. amy barrett, 46 years old, 7th circuit, on the federal court of appeals since november i believe. you re talking seven eight months. there s some questions about whether or not her resume is long enough and notre dame law graduate. is the resume there? she hasn t been a judge for very long. but she s been a very distinguished academic for a long time. she was a gw and university of virginia since 2002 she was at notre dame. she has compiled an impressive body of scholarship supported by scholars across the political aisle around the country during her confirmation hearing and held up as grace under fire during her confirmation hearing. there s also thomas hardiman. we were led to believe he finished second last go around to neil go