Amy Coney Barrett

Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court to take the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg seems inevitable, as even some Senate Democrats acknowledged in Senate hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Barrett hearings: The process of confirming Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court starts today with hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The Supreme Court, already poised to take a significant turn to the right, opened its new term Monday with a jolt from two conservative justices who raised new criticism of the court’s embrace of same-sex marriage.

Amy Coney Barrett, who’s served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit since late 2017, graduated first in her class at Notre Dame Law School and teaches there.

Two names emerged over the weekend as the leading candidates to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court—D.C. Circuit Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Chicago Circuit Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett. But one in particular is feeling progressives' scorn—Judge Barrett.