{"id":2070438,"date":"2023-10-17T15:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T19:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-confront-justice-barrett-while-she-speaks-at-u-of-m\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T15:06:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T19:06:05","slug":"protesters-confront-justice-barrett-while-she-speaks-at-u-of-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-confront-justice-barrett-while-she-speaks-at-u-of-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters confront Justice Barrett at U of M speech."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprotesters-confront-justice-barrett-while-she-speaks-at-u-of-m%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2070438&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">United\u200c States Supreme Court Associate Justice \u200dAmy Coney Barrett poses for an official portrait at the East Conference Room \u200cof\u200c the Supreme\u200b Court building on October 7, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex \u2064Wong\/Getty \u200dImages)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/taylor-tinsley\">Taylor\u2064 Tinsley<\/a><br \/>11:58 AM \u2013 Tuesday, \u2063October 17, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Protesters confronted Supreme Court\u200c Justice Amy Coney Barrett while she made an appearance at the University of Minnesota.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The conservative justice stepped onto the Twin Cities\u200c campus on Monday after the law \u200cschool invited her to \u200bspeak as part of a lecture series\u200c with Robert A. Stein.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett was nominated to the court by\u2062 45<sup>th<\/sup> \u2064 President Trump and \u2064was on the bench when \u2064the Supreme Court\u200d ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that\u2064 legalized abortion\u2062 nationwide,\u200b in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, her remarks \u2064were quickly interrupted by pro-choice protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Hidden in the audience balcony, \u200cprotesters stood up\u2062 and shouted \u201cReproductive rights are \u200dunder attack. What do \u200dwe do?\u200c Stand up, \u2063fight back.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Protesters\u2062 disrupt Supreme Court Justice\u200c Amy Coney Barrett&#8217;s speech\u2063 at the University of Minnesota. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hrq2a0ia14\">pic.twitter.com\/hrq2a0ia14<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alpha News (@AlphaNewsMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlphaNewsMN\/status\/1714029317510873402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Police\u200c eventually escorted the protesters out but demonstrations continued outside of the auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds\u2063 of students signed a petition demanding the University to rescind Barrett\u2019s invitation. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIf she\u2019s taking away our basic human rights she shouldn\u2019t be \u2063allowed to speak here on campus,\u201d a student protester told <em>KMSP<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The schools interim dean, William McGeveran, told \u200d <em>CBS \u2062News<\/em> that it\u2019s\u200d a college or universities job to show students how\u200b to \u2064speak and\u2062 listen to one another effectively, especially in a politically polarized country. He also pointed out \u2062the school had other court justices speak on campus in the past.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe\u200b fact that we had Justice Kagan, Justice Sotomayor and Justice Roberts \u200dand Justice\u2063 Scalia\u2063 in past\u2062 lectures is reflective of the fact that the Supreme Court justices \u2064just like\u2063 the rest of America have different points of view and\u200d we want \u2064to hear from all \u200cof them over time,\u201d McGeveran said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Back inside \u200bthe auditorium, Barrett mentioned that she favors the \u200cSupreme Court implementing an ethics code. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI think\u200c it \u2062would be a good idea for us to\u200d do it,\u201d Barrett said. \u201cParticularly so that we \u2064can \u200bcommunicate to the public exactly what it is \u200dthat we\u2019re\u200c doing\u2064 and clearer way, in perhaps, that we haven\u2019t\u2064 been to do so far.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Barrett \u2063went \u200don to say that \u2063there\u2019s no lack of consensus between Supreme \u200bCourt Justices and \u200ball nine agree that they should hold \u200bthemselves to \u201cthe highest ethical\u200b standards possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Barretts sentiments echo calls for the\u200d nation\u2019s highest bench to \u200dadopt \u200bethical\u2062 standards following a string of\u2063 recent scandals. <\/p>\n<p>This includes previous reports that liberal \u2062Justice Sonia \u200cSotomayor\u2019s staff pushed institutions that were hosting her \u201cBook Talk \u200cEvents\u201d \u2062to buy extra copies of her books. <\/p>\n<p>Sotomayor has gained more than $3.5 million \u2063in sales since\u2063 being appointed\u200c to\u200d the court in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have also been \u2062in the ethics controversies \u2063spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas came under fire after his annual financial\u2063 disclosure revealed he took multiple trips\u200c on a private jet with GOP megadonor Harlan \u200dCrow, coming under scrutiny from Democrats and judicial watchdog \u200bgroups.<\/p>\n<p>It was also \u200brevealed that Alito\u2063 went on a luxury vacation to Alaska in\u2062 2008, paid by \u2063hedge fund billionaire\u200d Paul Singer. Alito did not report the trip on\u2062 his annual financial \u2063disclosure, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protesters-confront-justice-barrett-while-she-speaks-at-u-of-m\/\" title=\"Protesters confront Justice Barrett at U of M speech.\">ethics law experts\u2063 argue \u200cviolates<\/a> a federal \u200dlaw Supreme Court\u200c Justices\u200d are supposed to follow.<\/p>\n<p>Alito later published an\u2062 op-ed \u2063with <em>The Wall Street Journal <\/em>slamming calls to regulate the nation\u2019s \u200dhighest court. <\/p>\n<p>Both\u200b of the justices have shared their opposition to \u2062adopting an ethics code, with \u200cAlito back in July saying that Congress has \u201cno\u2062 authority to regulate the supreme \u200ccourt, period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stay\u2064 informed! Receive \u200bbreaking\u2064 news\u200d blasts directly to\u200b your inbox for free. Subscribe\u2063 here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-4'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tensions are\u2062 reaching a breaking point in the negotiations between \u2064the \u2062Ford Motor Company and the United Auto \u200dWorkers Union.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Bruce LeVell<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with \u200dColin Schmitt<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with\u2062 Craig Jardula<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LinkedIn\u200b said \u2063on Monday it would \u200clay off\u2063 668 employees across its engineering, talent and finance teams in\u2063 the second round of\u2063 job cuts this year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Netflix\u2019s crackdown \u2062on password-sharing likely boosted subscribers by about 6 million is expected to set\u200c the stage for\u200c price increases.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Google said on\u2063 Thursday that\u2063 it \u2064will defend users of\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-to-defend-generative-ai-users-from-copyright-claims\/\" title=\"Google will protect users of generative AI from copyright claims.\">generative artificial-intelligence systems<\/a> in its Google \u2062Cloud\u2064 and\u2064 Workspace platforms.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>China has published proposed security requirements for \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/powerball-player-wins-lotterys-1-76b-jackpot-winning-ticket-sold-in-california\/\" title=\"California sells winning ticket for .76B Powerball jackpot.\">firms offering services powered<\/a> by generative artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2>PAA 1: How did\u2062 the protesters express \u200btheir disagreement with Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett&#8217;s presence at the University of Minnesota?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Article\u200c Title: Protesters Confront Supreme \u200bCourt Justice Amy Coney\u2063 Barrett at University \u2064of Minnesota<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Supreme Court \u2062Justice Amy Coney Barrett faced protests during her appearance at the University of Minnesota. The\u200d conservative justice, who was nominated by \u2062former President Trump and was on the bench for the controversial overturning of Roe v. Wade, was invited to speak as part of \u200ba lecture series with Robert\u2063 A. Stein. However, her remarks were \u200dquickly interrupted by pro-choice protesters, leading to a heated situation both\u2064 inside and outside the\u2063 auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c Protests:<\/p>\n<p>Hidden among the audience balcony, protesters \u200cstood up and shouted\u200d slogans like &#8220;Reproductive rights are under attack. What do we do? Stand up,\u2063 fight back.&#8221; Police eventually escorted the protesters out, but demonstrations \u2062continued outside the auditorium. Hundreds of students signed a petition demanding that the university rescind Barrett&#8217;s \u2062invitation, expressing their belief that someone who takes away basic human rights should not be allowed \u200cto\u2064 speak on campus.<\/p>\n<p>University&#8217;s\u2062 Response:<\/p>\n<p>William McGeveran, the interim dean of the university, defended the invitation, stating that\u200c it is the college or university&#8217;s responsibility to show students how to \u2064speak and\u200c listen to one another effectively, particularly in a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>an official portrait at the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC. 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