Premium
Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation could impact areas of higher ed law
Author(s) -
Rooksby Jacob H.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
campus legal advisor
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-6239
pISSN - 1531-3999
DOI - 10.1002/cala.40378
Subject(s) - wonder , supreme court , economic justice , law , legal education , social justice , sociology , majority opinion , political science , psychology , criminology , social psychology
Higher education administrators might wonder what Justice Amy Coney Barrett will bring to the field of higher education law in her new role on the U.S. Supreme Court. Her background as a University of Notre Dame Law Professor for 15 years indicates she has a lived understanding of the higher education environment, which could mean — should she side with the majority in a case involving higher education — she would be a natural pick for writing the court's majority opinion (she might compete for that role with Associate Justice Elena Kagan, former Harvard Law School Dean, depending on whether she, too, sided with the majority).