In the wake of a controversial decision on abortion rights, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett told a crowd of more than 100 here that she doesn't believe the highest court in the land is politically driven.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was in attendance at the event — in addition to Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams, U of L President Neeli Bendapudi and others — and introduced Barrett.He praised the court's most junior justice for not trying to "legislate from the bench" and for being from "Middle America," noting the Indiana native is the only current justice to not attend Harvard or Yale.
"I'm aware that they stay in power through unethical and unscrupulous means. … I'm just tired of it," said a woman dressed like a handmaiden from "The Handmaid's Tale" series, who declined to give her name.U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett made remarks during a lecture at the McConnell Center held at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Ky. on Sep. 12, 2021. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell looked on at right.
"With what's been happening in Texas, I don't want it to spread to Kentucky. … And so, we're just coming to let Mitch know how a lot of citizens feel about this issue," Jane Martin Buckley, of Louisville, said.by a group of students in the McConnell Scholars program during the event but said "emergency" decisions such as this one can come before the court again, so it would be "inappropriate" for her to comment on the case.
McConnell founded the center bearing his name in 1991. It gives U of L scholarships to students around Kentucky, hosts a public speaker series and houses the archives of McConnell and his wife, Elaine Chao, the former U.S. transportation secretary.
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