Amy Coney Barrett Suggests Marriage Equality Won’t Be Successfully Challenged

Amy Coney Barrett Suggests Marriage Equality Won’t Be Successfully Challenged

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Amid concern from Democrats that Amy Coney Barrett's appointment to the Supreme Court could lead to the overturning of certain rights and protections, including same-sex marriage, President Trump's Supreme Court pick suggested on Tuesday it's unlikely the case guaranteeing marriage equality would even reach her if confirmed.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the ... [+] second day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on October 13, 2020 in Washington, DC.



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Responding to questions about legal precedent from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) during the second day of confirmation hearings, Barrett said any challenges to Obergefell v. Hodges, the