NEW YORK — 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 docket by the lens of her expertise.”
“Listening to the Legislation: Reflections on the Court docket and Structure” will likely be launched Sept. 9, based on Sentinel Books, a conservative imprint of Penguin Random Home.
“In ‘Listening to the Legislation,’ Justice Barrett illuminates her position and every day life as a justice, concerning the whole lot from her deliberation course of to coping with media scrutiny,” Friday’s announcement by Sentinel reads partly. “With the heat and readability that made her a preferred legislation professor, she brings to life the making of the Structure and lays out her method to deciphering its textual content, inviting readers to wrestle with questions of originalism and to embrace the wealthy heritage of the Structure.”
In an announcement issued by 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 revealed books lately, 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 demise 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 action 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 suppose any of us has a ‘my approach or the freeway’ perspective,” Barrett informed a convention of civics educators in Washington.
