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Even With Justice Barrett, We Don’t Really Have a Conservative Supreme Court

Even With Justice Barrett, We Don’t Really Have a Conservative Supreme Court
Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett answers questions during the third day of her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Oct. 14, 2020. Michael Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images
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Commentary
Conservatives celebrating the confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett shouldn’t believe the media’s opinion that we have a “conservative Supreme Court” or that conservative justices will form a “6–3 conservative majority.”
Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson is a former constitutional law professor and senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver. He is the author of “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (4th ed. publication pending). He also is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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