Very informative. Good review.

Excellent read - very educational! Barrett writes in reasonably approachable language, which helps non‐lawyers follow along with what are otherwise technical legal doctrines. Her personal stories (clerking, family life, how justices work behind the scenes) help humanize what could be dry legal theory.

Regardless of how you feel about Amy Coney Barrett, this book is very well written and educational. She weaves personal stories and experiences with facts about how our courts work and the history of our constitution. The public will inevitably have strong feelings about the outcome of Supreme Court cases, but a justice must not consider what they want the result to be, only what the law and constitution says. It's an important part of judicial restraint. Barrett is good at giving technical explainations that are easy for the layperson to understand. I especially appreciated her descriptions of originalism and textualism. The narrator helped the book come to life and I learned so much! Not originally a fan of ACB, but I have a new respect for her after reading this book. I can see why her students loved her as a law professor.

This was hard to listen to for me. I went into this wanting to be open minded for my book club - it's always good to hear view points that challenge you. But there was a note of self congratulatory telling in her stories whether from her early days or the 'fast rise' to her current status that I could not get past. Needless to say her explanation on Dobbs left me cold and angry. Should you read it? Maybe. It may give you insight into the workings of her decisions but for me that insight was not satisfactory.