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

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.”