A recent Politico article cited Catholic Law in two independent and significant references. The piece examines Justice Amy Coney Barrett's position on philosophical debates among the court’s supermajority currently before the Supreme Court of the United States. Professor Jennifer Mascott was among several legal experts quoted, noting how Justice Barrett and others on the court may be shifting their interpretation of the role of 'history and tradition' in their jurisprudence. The article also references Justice Barrett's visit to Catholic Law in September 2023 at the invitation of the school's Project on Constitutional Originalism and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition.

Politico
By: Josh Gerstein
Date: 06/19/2024
Amy Coney Barrett may be poised to split conservatives on the Supreme Court

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“It does seem to me that Justice Barrett is trying to lay down a marker of at least some limitation or clarity in terms of where she and the others on the court see ‘history and tradition’ moving in the future,” said Catholic University law professor Jennifer Mascott, who clerked for Thomas at the Supreme Court and Kavanaugh when he was an appeals court judge. “Justice Barrett is basically raising questions that could really shift and perhaps limit the impact of the way specific [historical] examples are used.”
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