Amy Barrett is by all accounts a gifted legal scholar. But when it comes to judgement writ large, hers is clearly lacking. For a Supreme Court justice that's a problem.
He decision to accept Trump's invitation to appear on the White House balcony after her rushed confirmation and inauguration illustrates her inability to distance herself from politics. It shows her failure to understand the implications of that decision in the current climate in which SCOTUS is increasingly seen as entirely partisan. Had she a modicum of respect fort the independence of the judiciary and the appearance of propriety, she would have politely but firmly declined Trump's invitation. But she did not; and that says more about her than anything she said (or more accurately avoided saying) during her confirmation hearings.
Expect her not to recuse herself from Republican attempts to rig the election in their favor when those GOP voter suppression cases reach SCOTUS.
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