Amy Coney Barrett failed to disclose talks on Roe v. Wade hosted by anti-abortion groups on Senate

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(CNN) - Judge Amy Coney Barrett failed to disclose two talks she gave in 2013 hosted by two anti-abortion student groups on paperwork provided to the Senate ahead of her confirmation hearing to become the next Supreme Court justice.

Barrett, President Donald Trump's nominee to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, gave the talks -- a lecture and a seminar -- in 2013 in her capacity as a law professor at the University of Notre Dame. The seminar was co-sponsored by the school's Right to Life club and constitutional studies minor, and the lecture was held by the law school's Jus Vitae club. CNN's KFile found advertisements for two lectures on social media and in a weekly Notre Dame faculty newsletter.

It is not known what was said in the two events, though both centered on abortion court cases. In a separate instance, CNN's KFile found a publicized talk that Barrett gave to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade -- a seminar Barrett disclosed in her Senate paperwork -- was removed by the university from YouTube in 2014. A school spokesman told CNN the video is now lost.

Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court would strengthen its current conservative majority -- creating a 6-3 bloc of conservative justices -- and could limit abortion access.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/kfile-amy-coney-barrett-roe-v-wade-talks/index.html

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1. They better ask her about it Monday.

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2. As rushed as her nomination has been

You KNOW the FBI hasn't had time to vet Barrett. We've already seen some embarrassing incidents from her past come lurching into the light of day. I wonder how many skeletons are going to come clattering out of the closet during her hearing?

I don't know if it will make any difference, probably not, but another tainted justice in the Roberts court is what history will remember. For all of their law bending and custom breaking, conservatives will not win out in the long run, but a lot of people will suffer needlessly, and their memorials will not be kind. The Barrett nomination is the priceless vase to be smashed at the end of the Republicans' vandalfest before they are finally shooed out the door.