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A portrait of Amy Coney Barrett hangs in a student hall of fame display in Southwestern Hall on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.

Barrett filled the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and has established herself as a conservative on many hot-button legal issues.

Max Gersh, The Commercial Appeal Via USA TODAY Network

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a law professor at Notre Dame University, poses in an undated photograph obtained from Notre Dame University September 19, 2020.

Matt Cashore, Notre Dame University Handout Via Reuters

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President Donald Trump gestures as he poses with U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett on a White House balcony after she was sworn in to serve as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court at the White House in Washington, October 26, 2020.

Tom Brenner, Reuters

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Justice Amy Coney Barrett kisses her husband, Jesse M. Barrett, following an investiture ceremony on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 1, 2021.

Tom Brenner, Reuters

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Supporters cheer U.S. President Donald Trump under a sign calling for the filling of the vacant Supreme Court seat with Amy Coney Barrett as he speaks during a campaign event at the Harrisburg International Airport in Middletown, Pennsylvania, September 26, 2020.

Carlos Barria, Reuters

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U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett listens to Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) deliver an opening statement remotely during Coney Barrett's U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee nomination hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 12, 2020.

Leah Millis, Pool Via Reuters

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In this May 19, 2018, file photo, Amy Coney Barrett, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit judge, speaks during the University of Notre Dame's Law School commencement ceremony at the university, in South Bend, Ind.

Robert Franklin, South Bend Tribune Via USA TODAY Network

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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett walks into McCartan Courtroom at Notre Dame as she prepares to deliver the keynote address at the Law Review's Federal Courts Symposium on Feb. 14, 2022.

Robert Franklin, South Bend Tribune Via USA TODAY Network

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Oct 7, 2022; Washington, DC, USA; Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court. Seated from left: Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts, Jr., Associate Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Standing behind from left: Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Jack Gruber, USA TODAY

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Oct 7, 2022; Washington, DC, USA; Members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photo at the Supreme Court. Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

Jack Gruber, USA TODAY

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From left, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, stand in front flag-draped casket of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor during a private service in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. O’Connor, a Arizona native and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died Dec. 1 at age 93.

Jacquelyn Martin, Pool

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L-R) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts, Justice Elena Kagan, Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy attend U.S. President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump was expected to address Congress on his early achievements of his presidency and his upcoming legislative agenda.

Win McNamee, Pool

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