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‘Gold Standard’: American Bar Association Awards Amy Coney Barrett Highest Rating Ahead Of Confirmation Fight

Tim Pearce
‘Gold Standard’: American Bar Association Awards Amy Coney Barrett Highest Rating Ahead Of Confirmation Fight
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The American Bar Association (ABA) awarded Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett its highest rating ahead of her confirmation hearings beginning this week.

The ABA announced its rating of Barrett, a Notre Dame law professor and judge on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, on Sunday evening in a letter to the Senate Judiciary chairman, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and ranking member, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to hold its first of four days of hearings over Barrett’s nomination on Monday.

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