"Justice Barrett plays an extraordinarily powerful role on the court, as part of the three-member fulcrum whose votes often decide cases, and her book is billed as a rare look inside her work. But her book, and the publicity events, may also draw attention for all she doesn't answer. In 'Listening to the Law,' she does not grapple with the paradox of her position: Though Justice Barrett has clinched a 50-year conservative legal revolution, overturning precedents on abortio"
"My office doesn't entitle me to align the legal system with my moral or policy views. Swearing to apply the law faithfully means deciding each case based on my best judgment about what the law is. If I decide a case based on my judgment about what the law should be, I'm cheating."
Amy Coney Barrett published Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution and is promoting it with interviews, including a first TV appearance since joining the Supreme Court in 2020 on CBS News Sunday Morning. Barrett denies allowing personal moral or policy views to determine her judicial decisions, stating that deciding cases based on what the law should be would be "cheating." The book and publicity arrive while public trust in the Supreme Court is low and conservative justices face criticism for allegedly letting politics influence rulings. Some observers say the book does not confront that paradox directly.
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