NEW YORK (AP) — Supreme Court docket Justice Amy Coney Barrett has a e book popping out in September that her writer is billing as an invite for “readers to see the Supreme Court through the lens of her experience.”
“Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution” will probably be launched Sept. 9, based on Sentinel Books, a conservative imprint of Penguin Random Home.
“In ‘Listening to the Law,’ Justice Barrett illuminates her role and daily life as a justice, touching on everything from her deliberation process to dealing with media scrutiny,” Friday’s announcement by Sentinel reads partly. “With the warmth and clarity that made her a popular law professor, she brings to life the making of the Constitution and lays out her approach to interpreting its text, inviting readers to wrestle with questions of originalism and to embrace the rich heritage of the Constitution.”
In a press release issued by way of Sentinel, Barrett stated, “The method of judging, which occurs behind closed doorways, can seem to be a thriller. It shouldn’t.”
Her signing with Sentinel was first reported in 2021, and monetary paperwork launched the next yr confirmed Barrett receiving a $425,000 advance as a part of a reported $2 million deal.
Different present justices have printed books in recent times, together with Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Barrett, 53, is the youngest member of the court docket, which she joined in 2020 simply weeks after the dying of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The third justice appointed by President Donald Trump, Barrett solidified a conservative majority that has overturned abortion rights, broadened spiritual rights and ended affirmative motion in faculty admissions. Barrett has additionally tried to advertise a spirit of civil debate: She and Sotomayor, one of many court docket’s liberals, made a handful of joint public appearances i n 2024.
“I don’t think any of us has a ‘my way or the highway’ attitude,” Barrett advised a convention of civics educators in Washington.
