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Progressive group buys the domain name of Trump's SC pick Amy Coney Barrett
According to the webpage, Barrett is someone who could be counted on to overturn Roe v. Wade. (Photo Credit: AFP)
- Judge Amy Coney Barrett was nominated on Saturday to the US Supreme Court
- Progressive group Demand Justice bought the domain name amyconeybarrett.com
- The webpage criticises her record on worker rights.
Progressive group Demand Justice bought the domain name of Trump’s SC pick Amy Coney Barrett and is redirecting the website amyconeybarrett.com to a webpage criticizing the record of the Judge.
According to the webpage, Barrett is “someone who could be counted on to overturn Roe v. Wade and end the Affordable Care Act.” It also criticises her record on worker rights.
Roe v. Wade, passed in 1973, was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction.
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It also has in it a fundraising link to organizing efforts opposing Barrett’s conformation. Demand Justice is a "progressive movement fighting to restore the ideological balance and legitimacy of the federal courts," according to its website.
Appointed for the first time in 2017, Barret, 48, is a judge on the seventh US Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago and is considered a favourite among social conservatives. She is a practising Catholic and law professor.
If elected, Barrett will be the only conservative woman in the Supreme Court. The two other women justices, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor are both progressives appointed by former President Barack Obama.