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New Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett could have immediate impact on American democracy - USA TODAY

New Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett could have immediate impact on American democracy - USA TODAY

New Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett could have immediate impact on American democracy - USA TODAY
Oct 27, 2020 1 min, 52 secs

It won't take long for Republicans to learn if Barrett is the reliable conservative upon whom they raced to bestow a seat on the Supreme Court.

Amy Coney Barrett was President Donald Trump's third Supreme Court nominee, following Associate Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch.

WASHINGTON – Few Supreme Court justices have reached the nation's highest bench with as much immediate potential to influence American democracy as Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett?

Upon taking her judicial oath from Chief Justice John Roberts Tuesday, Barrett became the person who could tip the balance on challenges to state election procedures that could determine who wins the White House and control of Congress a week later.

She became the potential deciding vote in a case the justices will hear the day after the election that will determine the rights of religious believers to be exempt from laws protecting the LGBTQ community. .

More: Barrett takes oath as Supreme Court justice, as GOP celebrates 6-3 conservative majority.

It won't take long for Republicans to learn if the 48-year-old Hoosier, a Notre Dame Law School professor who served three years as a federal appeals court judge, is the reliable conservative upon whom they raced to bestow a lifetime seat on the high court before Election Day3

Roberts, Jr., administers the Judicial Oath to Judge Amy Coney Barrett in the East Conference Room, Supreme Court Building.

Since April, the high court has been asked to intervene in state election disputes that affect who can vote, where, when and how.

People demonstrate for and against the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Monday, Oct.

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Before that case is heard, the high court will hold oral argument the day after the election in another major case pitting LGBTQ rights against religious liberty.

More: Amy Coney Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies

And as soon as Friday, the justices could choose to hear an explosive abortion rights case from Mississippi that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy

Supreme Court Associate Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his confirmation hearing on Sept

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