Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court (2020-present); Trump appointee
Background
Amy Coney Barrett was appointed to the Supreme Court by Donald Trump in October 2020, confirmed 52-48 along party lines, after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She previously served as a judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals from 2017 to 2020, also appointed by Trump, and as a law professor at Notre Dame Law School. Her confirmation, eight days before the 2020 election, was the fastest in modern history and created the Court’s current 6-3 conservative supermajority with 3 of the 6 conservative justices being Trump appointments. In the Court’s May 2026 Margolin v. NAIJ ruling, Barrett joined Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurrence.
