Barrett: Supreme Court 'not comprised of a bunch of partisan hacks'
By Dominick Mastrangelo - 09/13/21 09:14 AM EDT
https://thehill.com/homenews/571935-cone...-partisan-hacks


Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett defended the integrity and impartiality of the high court in a speech in Kentucky over the weekend.

“My goal today is to convince you that this court is not comprised of a bunch of partisan hacks,” Barrett said during her remarks to a crowd gathered on Saturday at the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville, according to the Courier-Journal. "Judicial philosophies are not the same as political parties."

Barrett, a Catholic and conservative who has taught law at the University of Notre Dame, was introduced at the event by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).

The Supreme Court can sometimes be unfairly portrayed as partisan or covered and commented on in an unnecessarily divisive way, Barrett argued.

"The media, along with hot takes on Twitter, report the results and decisions. ... That makes the decision seem results-oriented," she said. "It leaves the reader to judge whether the court was right or wrong, based on whether she liked the results of the decision." -- excerpt, rest at link above --