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Justice Amy Coney Barrett said Monday night that she has developed a thick skin to criticism during her tenure as a judge and stressed that she welcomes public scrutiny of the Supreme Court.
“I think that justices and all judges are public figures and public criticism kind of comes with the job,” she told an audience in Wisconsin.
“I’ve been at it for a couple of years now, and I’ve acquired a thick skin,” Barrett said. “And I think that’s what public figures have to do and that’s what all judges have to do,” she continued.
Barrett’s comments came in response to
