Amy Coney Barrett has cited legal experts who do not count Roe v. Wade among so-called 'super precedents.'
, the 1955 ruling that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
In her Texas law journal article, Barrett appeared to be open to reassessment of Roe by the Supreme Court. "Barrett clearly has the intellectual focus and intestinal fortitude to overturn major cases if she views the underlying interpretations to be flawed," Turley said."Much like Ginsburg, she comes to the Court with a clear jurisprudential foundation."
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