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.”
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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Rob Natelson
Author
Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution” (4th ed., 2025). He is a contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
