Amy Coney Barrett took speaking fees from a group that pushed Mississippi's abortion ban. A constit

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She was selected for SC BECAUSE of her positions. she will NOT recuse herself.

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Amy Coney Barrett took speaking fees from a group that pushed Mississippi's abortion ban. A constitutional law expert says that won't stop her ruling on the case.
Michelle Mark
May 18, 2021, 5:00 PM.....................


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A constitutional law expert says the justice almost certainly won't recuse herself from the case.


When the Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a challenge to a Mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, the news prompted renewed speculation about whether the court's conservative majority will overturn the precedent set by Roe v. Wade.
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Judd Legum's Popular Information newsletter on Tuesday resurfaced Barrett's "ties to the group that wrote Mississippi's abortion ban," the Alliance Defending Freedom. The Christian legal advocacy group opposes abortion and same-sex marriage, and backs so-called "bathroom bills" that restrict transgender people's access to sex-segregated facilities.

Barrett spoke on five occasions at the Blackstone Legal Fellowship, a summer program run by the ADF, since 2011, according to tax filings reported by The Washington Post. One financial disclosure form from Barrett's 2017 Senate confirmation to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals showed she had received two $2,100 payments from ADF in 2015 and 2016......................................................................................................................................................................................

Just last month, Barrett ignored calls from Democrats to recuse herself from two cases involving the conservative Americans for Prosperity Foundation, run by David and Charles Koch. The group reportedly spent at least $1 million on ads advocating for Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court.






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Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett stands during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC on April 23, 2021. Erin Schaff/AFP via Getty Images

[no_hypocrisy]

1. While ACB should recuse herself,

chances are there would be a 5-3 decision to overturn Roe.

[Girard442]

2. Recusals are not for people hand-picked by God.

[KPN]

3. Actually, that is not sarcasm so much as truth.

She, like relatives I know who are what I see as radical evangelists, sees herself as “doing God’s work” and in their radical peas for brains they see themselves as delegated by and to act for God.

[FBaggins]

4. As the article makes clear - she isn't going to recuse over that

"I can't think of a case where simply having spoken to a group who then has an interest in a case before the court would trigger recusal"

[Xoan]

5. Does Roberts have a say?

[FBaggins]

6. No

Individual justices decide whether or not to recuse.