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Michael Rips clerked for Supreme Court Justice William Brennan and Judge Henry Politz of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; he writes and lectures on constitutional law and has practiced constitutional appellate litigation, including landmark cases before the Supreme Court. He is the author of three volumes of memoir: The Golden Flea, The Face of a Naked Lady and Pasquale’s Nose.
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The People Vs. Amy Coney Barrett
Following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and with the presidential election weeks away, Donald Trump had the opportunity to place a new justice on the Supreme Court. Attempting to stabilize his eroding support among white evangelicals, he handed over the selection of the nominee to a small group of evangelical leaders. In doing so, he breached the religious test clause of the Constitution. A chief authority on the religious test clause, and one whose interpretation of that clause requires a finding that Trump’s actions violated the Constitution, is none other than Amy Coney Barrett. More |