Barrett Beginning to Chart Own Path on Divided Supreme Court

Amy Coney Barrett is showing signs of carving out her own lane after four terms on the US Supreme Court even as she remains a reliable conservative vote in the most high-profile cases involving guns, religion, and abortion.

This year Barrett, 52, joined fellow conservatives in undoing a Trump-era ban on bump stocks, and chipping away at the power of federal agencies that culminated with a blockbuster ruling overturning the 40-year administrative law doctrine known as Chevron deference.

In other areas she’s staked out more moderate positions. At the end of the just-completed term Barrett sided with her three liberal ...