Barrett to focus on family, morals, judicial philosophy in opening remarks
Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett will focus on her family, morals and judicial philosophy when she appears before the Senate Judiciary committee Monday, according to a copy of her opening statement released Sunday.
The 48-year-old judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Notre Dame law professor and mother of seven wrote in her statement that she was "used to being in a group of nine -- my family."
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Barrett, who was nominated to fill the seat left vacant by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, references the lessons she learned from the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, particularly as it pertains to her interpretation of the law, in her statement.
"The policy decisions and value judgements of government must be made by the political branches elected by and accountable to the people," Barrett's statement reads. "The public should not expect courts to do so, and courts could not try."
-ABC News' Allison Pecorin