Amy Coney Barrett Hearings: Democrat Attacks Contrast with Cordial Treatment of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court exposes the Left’s disdain for women who are not like them. As accomplished scholars, jurists, and mothers, Barrett and Ginsburg represent the very best of the legal profession. But their confirmation processes could not look more different.

Where Justice Ginsburg sailed through a noncontroversial confirmation process in which senators from both sides of the aisle sang her praises, Judge Barrett has been subject to vicious personal attacks.

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Erin Hawley

Erin Hawley is senior counsel and vice president of the Center for Life and Regulatory Practice at Alliance Defending Freedom (@ADFLegal).

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The nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the U.S. Supreme Court exposes the Left’s disdain for women who are not like them. As accomplished scholars, jurists, and mothers, Barrett and Ginsburg represent the very best of the legal profession. But their confirmation processes could not look more different.

Where Justice Ginsburg sailed through a noncontroversial confirmation process in which senators from both sides of the aisle sang her praises, Judge Barrett has been subject to vicious personal attacks.