Article contentNewly confirmed conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett faces a barrage of politically fraught cases in her first days on the job, as the court weighs election disputes and prepares to hear a challenge to the Obamacare health law. In brief remarks at a White House ceremony on Monday night, Barrett declared her independence from U.S. President Donald Trump and the political process, even as the president stood behind her. Try refreshing your browser, or Who is U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and where does she stand on the big issues? Her confirmation as successor to liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month, creates a 6-3 conservative majority on the high court. Trump’s other Supreme Court appointees are conservatives Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, and Barrett now joins the conservative bloc on the court, comprised of Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, all Republican appointees.

Source: National Post October 27, 2020 14:03 UTC