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The Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearing to consider Judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court is officially underway. Over the next four days, 22 senators will be tasked with questioning the nominee about her legal philosophy, judicial qualifications, and case record. Though it seems like most senators support the confirmation of Judge Barrett to our country’s highest court, nothing in politics is ever certain. In the following […]
Americans for Prosperity Vice President of Legal and Judicial Strategy Casey Mattox | The Hill As the hearing to consider the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett gets underway, the American public will hear some senators insist that she should be rejected because of her position on certain public policy issues. Others will […]
October brings fall colors, the World Series — and campus debates about Halloween costumes. Casey Mattox, vice president for legal and judicial strategy at Americans for Prosperity, suggests that this year we give the latter a miss. In a commentary piece for National Review, Casey notes: Free speech advocates dread the holiday because we know […]
Americans for Prosperity CEO Emily Seidel stands alongside thousands of fellow Americans in endorsing the Philadelphia Statement in defense of the right of all Americans to speak their minds. The right to free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment is foundational. It makes possible the pluralistic society we live in, and creates the conditions for […]
On Election Day, Floridians will vote on Amendment 2, a measure to incrementally raise the minimum wage from $8.56 to $15 per hour by 2026. But raising the minimum wage comes with a plethora of negative consequences that harm the very people it is intended to help. Before Floridians make their way to the polls […]
On September 22, Senator Mitt Romney announced he would support a floor vote to consider the appointment of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. That’s excellent news. She is extremely well-qualified to serve on our nation’s highest court. In 2017, Senator Romney came to the same conclusion when he voted to confirm her […]
Late last week, Senator Joe Manchin met with Judge Amy Coney Barrett in the Capitol to discuss her recent nomination by President Donald Trump to the Supreme Court. When Judge Barrett was nominated in 2017 for a position on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, he was sufficiently impressed with her qualifications […]
When Senator Lisa Murkowski voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2017, she made the right choice. Now, Judge Barrett has been nominated to fill the recent Supreme Court vacancy. She is well qualified to serve as an associate justice on the Court. Her […]
Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, has joined the American Civil Liberties Union, Institute for Justice, and Americans United for Separation of Church and State (together, amici) in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting petitioner Chike Uzuegbunam. The brief urges the Court to affirm that harm to constitutional […]
