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Amy Coney Barrett

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (2020–) — former Notre Dame Law professor and Seventh Circuit judge — the most junior of the three Trump-appointed justices — whose originalist jurisprudence has shaped the Court's conservative supermajority.

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Antonin Scalia

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (1986–2016) — who pioneered constitutional originalism and statutory textualism — the most influential American jurist of the last 50 years — whose jurisprudence has restructured constitutional law debate.

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Brett Kavanaugh

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (2018–) — former DC Circuit judge — Bush White House Staff Secretary — whose Senate confirmation was the most contentious since Bork (due to Christine Blasey Ford's sexual assault allegations) — a more centrist conservative voice than Alito or Thomas.

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Samuel Alito

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (2006–) — author of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health (overturning Roe v. Wade) — one of the most assertively originalist voices on the current Supreme Court.

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