Amy Coney Barrett took speaking fees from a group that pushed Mississippi’s abortion ban. A constitutional law expert says that won’t stop her ruling on the case.

By Michelle Mark
Insider
May 18, 2021

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Louis Virelli III, a constitutional law expert at Stetson University and author of a book about Supreme Court recusals, told Insider there was almost no chance Barrett would recuse herself from the abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, over the past speaking engagements.

“Justices regularly speak to groups like this — to groups that might have an interest in a case before the court,” Virelli said. “I can’t think of a case where simply having spoken to a group who then has an interest in a case before the court would trigger recusal.”

This article was originally published on the Insider website on May 18, 2021, with the headline, “Amy Coney Barrett took speaking fees from a group that pushed Mississippi’s abortion ban. A constitutional law expert says that won’t stop her ruling on the case.”