There are 11 article(s) tagged Amy Coney Barrett:

• August 2022

  • Petition calls for Amy Coney Barrett’s removal from Rhodes’ Hall of Fame

    The petition requests Barrett’s removal from the Hall of Fame based on her “public breach of the Honor Code.”

    By Aarron Fleming August 09, 2022

• November 2020

  • From Rhodes to Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett’s friends see same, smart, humble woman

    When she came to Rhodes Colleges 30 years ago, no one could have known Amy Coney Barrett would become the fifth woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. But when friends look back at those days now, it all sort of makes sense. 

    By Don Wade November 01, 2020

• October 2020

  • Amy Coney Barrett nomination advances to full Senate

    Democratic senators refused to show up in protest of the GOP’s rush to install Trump’s nominee, who has Memphis ties, to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

    By The Associated Press October 22, 2020

  • Barrett friend from Rhodes will be Tucker Carlson guest this evening

    Friend will discuss their pride on a segment of how Rhodes alums feel about Barrett’s nomination.

    By Jane Roberts October 15, 2020

  • Blackburn criticizes Democrats in Barrett confirmation hearing

    The opening of hearings on the U.S. Supreme Court nominee included Democrats criticizing the timing of the nomination. Blackburn responded by calling the attacks on the process and Barrett as “paternalistic” and “disrespectful.”

    By Bill Dries October 12, 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Best craft beer names, Barrett on the bench and more

    Craft beer naming is an art, or at least an, um, craft, and one that the growing number of Memphis breweries take with proper seriousness. In honor of the Virtual Memphis Beer Festival, we take a spin through local brewery websites to ponder beer names present and past. 

    By Chris Herrington October 01, 2020

• September 2020

  • Barrett nomination spurs call for Rhodes community to rise to ‘great challenges’

    Rhodes College President Marjorie Hass urges the college to rise to the “great challenges” of Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, and others praise the the Notre Dame law professor’s commitment to equality and women’s rights.

    By Sam Stockard September 28, 2020

  • Trump officially nominates Rhodes College graduate to Supreme Court

    If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Barrett would become the second Rhodes College graduate to hold a Supreme Court seat. The first, Justice Abe Fortas graduated in 1930 when the school was called Southwestern.

    By Omer Yusuf September 26, 2020

  • Rhodes graduate to be nominee for Supreme Court, according to reports

    Amy Coney Barrett, considered the frontrunner, is currently a member of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. If confirmed, Barrett, 48, would become the Supreme Court’s youngest justice.

    By Omer Yusuf September 25, 2020

  • Possible Supreme Court nomination splits Rhodes College community

    The potential appointment of Rhodes College graduate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court just before the Nov. 3 presidential election is creating division within the college community, according to a letter from the school’s president.

    By Sam Stockard September 25, 2020

  • Rhodes College grad a likely frontrunner for U.S. Supreme Court

    Appeals Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a Rhodes College graduate, is once again a frontrunner for a U.S. Supreme Court vacancy, this time to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to reports.

    By Sam Stockard September 22, 2020