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Barrett is a favorite among conservative activists, many of whom wanted her to take Kennedy’s spot."<ref>https://www.axios.com/supreme-court-trump-judge-amy-barrett-ruth-bader-ginsburg-11d25276-a92e-4094-8958-eb2d197707c8.html</ref>

Barrett is a favorite among conservative activists, many of whom wanted her to take Kennedy’s spot."<ref>https://www.axios.com/supreme-court-trump-judge-amy-barrett-ruth-bader-ginsburg-11d25276-a92e-4094-8958-eb2d197707c8.html</ref>

Judge Barrett has written that [[stare decisis]] or judicial precedent is not absolutely binding and can be overturned for solid reasons: “I tend to agree with those who say that a justice’s duty is to the Constitution and that it is thus more legitimate for her to enforce her best understanding of the Constitution rather than a precedent she thinks is clearly in conflict with it,” <ref>https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2291141</ref>

Judge Barrett has written that [[stare decisis]] or judicial precedent is not absolutely binding and can be overturned for solid reasons: “I tend to agree with those who say that a justice’s duty is to the Constitution and that it is thus more legitimate for her to enforce her best understanding of the Constitution rather than a precedent she thinks is clearly in conflict with it.” <ref>https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2291141</ref>

==Early Life==

==Early Life==

Amy Vivian Coney, the oldest of seven children, was born and raised in [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]. A lifelong [[Roman Catholic]], she attended St. Mary's Dominican High School, where she was vice-president of the student body. After graduating in 1990, she attended Rhodes College in [[Memphis|Memphis, Tennessee]], majoring in English literature. While there, she joined the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society, and graduated ''magna cum laude'' in 1994, having been chosen by the English department's faculty as their most outstanding student. Coney went on to study law at the University of Notre Dame, obtaining a prestigious Kiley Fellowship; she served for a time as executive editor of the Notre Dame Law Review, and graduated ''summa cum laude'' first in her class in 1997, winning the Law School's highest honor, the Hoynes Prize.

Amy Vivian Coney was born and raised in [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]], the oldest of seven children. Her father, Michael Coney, was an attorney for the Shell Oil Company; her mother, Linda, was a stay-at-home mom. A lifelong [[Roman Catholic]], she attended St. Mary's Dominican High School, where she was vice-president of the student body. After graduating in 1990, she attended Rhodes College in [[Memphis|Memphis, Tennessee]], majoring in English literature. While there, she joined the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society, and graduated ''magna cum laude'' in 1994, having been chosen by the English department's faculty as their most outstanding student. Coney went on to study law at the University of Notre Dame, obtaining a prestigious Kiley Fellowship; she served for a time as executive editor of the Notre Dame Law Review, and graduated ''summa cum laude'' first in her class in 1997, winning the Law School's highest honor, the Hoynes Prize.

She married Jesse M. Barrett, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of [[Indiana]] and current partner at SouthBank Legal in South Bend, Indiana. They have seven children, two of whom are adopted from [[Haiti]].  

She married Jesse M. Barrett, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of [[Indiana]] and current partner at SouthBank Legal in South Bend, Indiana. They have seven children, two of whom are adopted from [[Haiti]].