Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Makes Surprising Claim About Women on the Court

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett suggested that conservatives who study law are more “feminist” than their liberal counterparts.

Barrett made the claim during an onstage interview at a Federalist Society gala in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, alongside fellow Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in whch she offered advice for conservatives to ignore how liberals may view their personal and professional choices.

“In truth, being a conservative woman in law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be,” Barrett said, according to Politico. “I admire your courage for facing that.”

Barrett, who along with Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court Benc