Barrett Gets Her Chance to Speak After Hours of Tributes, Jabs

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett cast herself as a judge who puts her personal preferences aside, as her Senate confirmation hearing devolved into a partisan clash over the Affordable Care Act, the pandemic and President Donald Trump’s effort to shift the court to the right in the days before the election.

After a morning of listening silently to pointed comments from senators including Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris, Barrett laid out what she said was a vital but limited role for federal judges. She said that the public shouldn’t expect courts to resolve policy disputes or make ...