Michael John Garcia

Judge Amy Coney Barrett Michael John Garcia

This report provides an overview of Judge Barrett's jurisprudence and scholarship and discusses how the Supreme Courtmight be affected by her confirmation. It first explores the nominee's views on three cross-cutting issues-the role of thejudiciary, constitutional construction, and statutory interpretation. The report then addresses the nominee's jurisprudence insix areas of law where the Supreme Court has been closely divided or where the nominee has issued significant opinions, particularly in cases where she disagreed with other jurists. These areas of the law were identified primarily by reviewingJudge Barrett's written judicial opinions and academic scholarship. The report concludes with a number of tables that catalog and briefly describe each of the roughly 90 majority, concurring, and dissenting opinions authored by Judge Barrett during her 35-month tenure on the federal bench