Thread by @jennycohn1, Amy Coney Barrett was a “paid speaker 5 times, starting in 2011, [...]

Amy Coney Barrett was a “paid speaker 5 times, starting in 2011, at the Blackstone Legal Fellowship, a summer program established to inspire a ‘distinctly Christian worldview in every area of law...’”

Josh Hawley was a member of Blackstone’s faculty. 1/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/coney-barrett-christian-law-fellowship-blackstone/2020/09/27/7ae41892-fdc5-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html

Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court nominee, spoke at program founded to inspire a ‘distinctly...

Her role as a speaker at the training program for Christian law students drew scrutiny when Trump nominated her to be a federal appellate judge, and it may do so again now.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/coney-barrett-christian-law-fellowship-blackstone/2020/09/27/7ae41892-fdc5-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html

2/ The Blackstone Legal Fellowship is owned by the Alliance Defending Freedom, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated as a hate group. https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/alliance-defending-freedom

Alliance Defending Freedom

Founded by some 30 leaders of the Christian Right, the Alliance Defending Freedom is a legal advocacy and training group that has supported the recriminalization of sexual acts between consenting

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/alliance-defending-freedom

3/ https://adflegal.org/blackstone-legal-fellowship

Blackstone Legal Fellowship

Blackstone gives future Christian leaders the education and tools they need to defend your constitutional freedoms—whether it be in the courtroom, in the halls of government, or in other leadership...

https://adflegal.org/blackstone-legal-fellowship

4/ ADF wants “freedom” to discriminate against the LGBTQ community & “freedom” to force Christofascism down our throats. What a bunch of a-holes. Unfortunately, they seem scarily organized. https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/alliance-defending-freedom

5/ Hawley once clerked for Chief Justice John Roberts. Seems he’s being groomed to rise through the ranks. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/16/josh-hawley-lgbt-supreme-court-conservatives-323254

Hawley on LGBTQ ruling: Conservative legal movement is over

“This body is terrified about being held accountable for anything on subject," he says.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/16/josh-hawley-lgbt-supreme-court-conservatives-323254

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