JAG President Article for AFN - What's Going On With Justice Amy Coney Barrett?

This article was written by Phillip Jauregui and published on American's Family News. In addition to being President of JAG, Phillip serves as Senior Counsel at AFA and wrote this opinion piece in his capacity for AFA Action.

Many Americans are frustrated with Justice Amy Coney Barrett. When Barrett was nominated, hopes were high as the result of her substantial writings and known judicial philosophy as a law professor. Every constitutionalist loved her record.

So, what happened? Several factors are likely at play, but first it is important to understand that Justice Barrett is not engaging in judicial activism, a term used in decades past as the tool of a corrupt judiciary to invent new so-called “rights” not found in the text of the U.S. Constitution. On the contrary, Barrett has been a key vote in reversing some of the most activist precedents of modern history – such as in Roe v. Wade, which created a federal right to abortion; and Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, which protected the power of the federal bureaucracy.

Rather, Barrett seems to engage in activism’s counterpart, which we might call judicial passivism.

A number of possible factors may be impacting Justice Barrett’s rulings...

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