Barrett has predominantly refrained from giving her legal opinions—with notable exceptions.
While President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has stayed mostly tight-lipped throughout the week of confirmation hearings, her answers about certain legal precedents give at least some insight into which cases she believes were and weren’t wrongly decided. It is customary for judges to not hypothesize or pre-judge cases during their confirmation hearings, however, Blumenthal, joined by a group of frustrated Democratic senators, have accused Barrett of being more reserved than most. “This administration has taken the Ginsburg rule to a whole new level,” said Blumenthal on Wednesday, adding: “I hope it won’t be known as the Barrett rule of avoiding responses.
