Justice Amy Coney Barrett says the law isn't an "opinion poll" as Supreme Court faces longshot bid to revisit same

Washington — Justice Amy Coney Barrett said that the Supreme Court "should not be imposing its own values on the American people," as the high court faces a longshot bid to revisit its decade-old landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage.

In her first television interview since joining the Supreme Court in October 2020, Barrett told CBS News senior correspondent Norah O'Donnell that she wants Americans to "understand the law," which she said is "not just an opinion poll" based on the views of the court's nine justices.

"You know, what the court is trying to do is see what the American people have decided. And sometimes the American people have expressed themselves in the Constitution itself, which is our fundamental law. Sometimes in statutes," she said. "But the court should not be