Industry Worries as Amy Coney Barrett Nominated for Supreme Court

Hollywood insiders expressed deep concerns on Saturday as President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death this month of Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

As a federal judge and as a legal scholar, Barrett has a track record as a social conservative who stands in staunch opposition to many liberal causes and policies that have been embraced by Hollywood heavyweights, including on abortion, education, health care and immigration policy.

Barrett at present serves as a federal judge on the Seventh Circuit, to which she was nominated by Trump in 2017.

In a Rose Garden ceremony, Trump introduced Barrett as “a woman of unparalleled achievement, towering intellect, sterling credentials and unyielding loyalty to the constitution.”

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