NEW: Judge Amy Coney Barrett failed to disclose to the Judiciary Committee her participation in a 2006 two-page ad in the South Bend Times calling for Roe v. Wade to be overturned and ending the “barbaric legacy” of the law, two Democratic committee aides confirm to NBC News
Victoria Nourse of Georgetown Law was special counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee and went through the same disclosure process when President Obama nominated her to the 7th circuit court.
“She should have disclosed it,” said Nourse. “In my experience,
“She should have disclosed it,” said Nourse. “In my experience,
I would have had to do it,” especially when it pertains to a contentious issue likely to come before the court.
The paperwork requirements for judicial nominees are very specific and strict. It look months to fill them out, she said. “You’re supposed to give anything you
The paperwork requirements for judicial nominees are very specific and strict. It look months to fill them out, she said. “You’re supposed to give anything you
have on the internet and all of your endorsements. DOJ told me if someone came to your door and I signed a petition I had to give them the name of that group.”
A White House spokesman said because Barrett did not write or edit the ad, it does not fall within the scope .
Justice Gorsuch during his 2017 nomination included a Sept., 2004 letter to the editor at Vanity Fair he signed along with 99 other former SC law clerk signatories.
Justice Gorsuch during his 2017 nomination included a Sept., 2004 letter to the editor at Vanity Fair he signed along with 99 other former SC law clerk signatories.
story to come/stand by
Apologies to the South Bend *Tribune*, not the South Bend Times. (corrected in the story)
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