Justice Amy Coney Barrett raises eyebrows with short address at judicial event

Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivered a brief address in Chicago on Monday to attendees at the Seventh Circuit Judicial Conference.

Although the Supreme Court justice walked off stage after speaking for just three minutes, she delivered a concise message on how judges should conduct themselves. 

Barrett: Judges must “argue without letting it consume relationships”

That’s according to Fox News contributor Breanne Deppisch, who noted how Barrett urged those present to maintain a sense of “camaraderie and professionalism” in their work.

She insisted that staying civil in the face of clashing perspectives is “what enables the judicial system to work well,” stating, “We know how to argue well. We also know how to argue without letting it consume relationships.”

Meanwhile, Deppisch observed that the brevity of Barrett’s remarks raised eyebrows, with some observers left “with more questions than answers.”

Some of them speculated that the member of America’s highest judicial body could be “she saving details for her memoir and looming book tour.”

Report cites “distinctive aspects” of Barrett’s record since being appointed

Deppisch also highlighted a report published by The New York Times in June which analyzed Barrett’s voting record since her appointment five years ago.

“On the surface, Justice Amy Coney Barrett (ACB) appears to be a typical conservative-Republican member of the Roberts Court, broadly similar to the two other Trump appointees, to her former boss Justice Scalia, and even to Chief Justice Roberts,” it read.

This is a fascinating profile of Amy Coney Barrett by my friend and colleague @jodikantor. Please give it a read: https://t.co/paDtybDMAC

— David French (@DavidAFrench) June 15, 2025

Nevertheless, the report went on to observe how “a closer look at the data points to seven distinctive aspects of her judging.”

Barrett famously sided with her conservative colleagues in concluding that the Constitution recognizes a right to go armed in public while containing no right to abortion.

An analysis of Barrett’s opinions show “signs of leftward drift”

Despite this, the report argued that President Donald Trump’s third appointee “is playing an increasingly central role on the Court” and “is showing signs of leftward drift.”

Evidence for that claim can be seen in how she “often sided with the Biden administration but is the Republican appointee least likely to support Trump in Trump-related disputes.”

Yet the report stressed that Barret’s ideological shift has thus far been “modest” and less pronounced than that exhibited by Chief Justice John Roberts.

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