Amy Coney Barrett struggles to name all five freedoms protected by First Amendment

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Conservative Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett struggled to name the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment on the third day of her confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill. Ms Barrett, president Donald Trump’s pick to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg as a justice on the US Supreme Court, was asked to name the five constitutional freedoms by Republican senator Ben Sasse during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday. I don't know — what am I missing?” Recommended Amy Coney Barrett refuses to say climate change is real Mr Sasse replied: “redress or protest” and Ms Barrett, who currently serves as a circuit judge on the US Court of Appeals, smiled and said: “OK.” The senator asked the Supreme Court nominee the question while he discussed Ms Barrett teaching students about the constitution in her previous role as a law professor at the Notre Dame Law School. Ms Barrett would not confirm whether she would have ruled with the majority in a vote that upheld legal birth control, which led Senate Judiciary Committee member Richard Blumenthal to tell her he was “stunned.” Concerns over Ms Barrett’s strong religious beliefs have been raised before, and in 2017 Democratic senator Dianne Feinstein wondered whether she would be able to keep her beliefs separate from the court.