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Supreme Court Nominee Barrett Declines to Answer Questions on Key Court Cases

Ken Bredemeier

   U.S.Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barretton Tuesdaydeclined to
   answera range of questionsfrom senatorson how she might rule onlegal
   disputesshe wouldface ifconfirmed to fill a crucial vacancy on the
   country's highestcourt. Barrett, however,said shewouldnot let
   herpersonaland religiousviewsdetermine how she woulddecide cases.

   "I have no agenda," Barrettsaid as the Senate Judiciary Committee
   opened two days of questioning on her lifetime appointment by President
   Donald Trump to the nine-member court. "I'll follow the law."

   Barrett,in initial queries fromtwo Republicans,the panel
   chairman,Sen.Lindsey Graham,andSen. Chuck
   Grassley,andtwoDemocrats,Sens. Dianne FeinsteinandPatrick
   Leahy,declined tosay how she might rule onthecourt's 1973 legalization
   ofabortionsin the United States, gun ownership rights sanctioned by the
   U.S. Constitutionand whether, in a case to be heard by the court next
   month, the country'snational health care law should remain in effect.

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