Barrett is not the SCJ we want. Her rulings and track record, including recent things like lockdown, prove that she is not the right choice. Lagoa has a long and much better record, by several orders.
(source) Barrett concurred with the majority in Illinois Republican Party et al. v. J.B. Pritzker, Governor of Illinois to keep the illegal lockdown in place and allow Democrats to rip up the Constitution under the guise of safety. She hid behind the precedent of Jacobsen v. Massachusetts (1905) in an attempt to avoid culpability for her decision.
Indeed, with flimsy reasoning no less.
Constitutional Lawyer Robert Barnes, from the earlier linked discussion, explains her further,
She comes from the old money corporate South, a world I’m familiar with and the kind of people I’d never want to see in positions of power. That’s the world she comes from. Her dad was a big Shell oil corporate lawyer.
There is more from him about the terrible rulings she's made in the linked article here.
Not true at all. There are multiple very valid criticisms. (For those who want a deeper dive on it, check out this Viva-Barnes discussion of the RGB seat.)
Barrett is not the SCJ we want. Her rulings and track record, including recent things like lockdown, prove that she is not the right choice. Lagoa has a long and much better record, by several orders.
I’ve heard that she had ruled in favor of the governors lockdown policies. Any truth to this?
Indeed, with flimsy reasoning no less.
Constitutional Lawyer Robert Barnes, from the earlier linked discussion, explains her further,
There is more from him about the terrible rulings she's made in the linked article here.