Nola native: Amy Coney Barrett

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Amy Coney Barrett (born 1972)[1][2] is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Barrett is the first and only woman to occupy an Indiana seat on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Described as an "originalist" and a "textualist," Barrett's judicial philosophy has been likened to that of her late-mentor and former boss, Justice Antonin Scalia.[3] Barrett's scholarship focuses on originalism, statutory interpretation, and stare decisis.[4] As a federal judge, Barrett continues to teach statutory interpretation at Notre Dame Law School.

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