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Barrett Says She Does Not Consider Roe V. Wade 'Super-Precedent'

Questioned by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Barrett also said scholars "say that doesn't mean that Roe should be overruled, but descriptively it does mean that it's not a case that everyone has accepted."

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has, like many of the recent nominees before her, been unwilling to tip her hand as to how she might rule on potential high-profile cases if confirmed to the high court.

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